Official Summaries

Secure Our Ports Act of 2025

This bill prohibits owners or operators of certain U.S. maritime transportation facilities from contracting for the lease, ownership, or operation of facilities with enterprises partly or wholly owned by China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia. The covered facilities are located at ports in areas that are subject to enhanced transportation security requirements, including the requirement for an Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 252 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 252


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 2025

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain contracts 
      for port operations and management, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Our Ports Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR PORT OPERATION AND 
              MANAGEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 700 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 70015. Prohibition on certain contracts for port operation and 
              management
    ``(a) In General.--An owner or operator of a facility for which a 
facility security plan is required under section 70103(c) of this title 
may not enter into a contract for the ownership, leasing, or operation 
of such facility with an entity that is--
            ``(1) a Chinese, Russian, North Korean, or Iranian state-
        owned enterprise; or
            ``(2) a foreign entity for which any percentage is owned by 
        a country listed in paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `facility', and 
`owner or operator' have the meanings given such terms in section 70101 
of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 700 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 70014 the following:

``70015. Prohibition on certain contracts for port operation and 
                            management.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.