Secure Our Ports Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9585 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9585

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2024

   Mrs. Steel (for herself, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Moylan, Mrs. Bice, Mr. 
     Calvert, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. LaMalfa, Mrs. Radewagen, Ms. 
 Malliotakis, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Rutherford) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amended 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 2024''.

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 an 
Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan is required under section 
70103 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 `Area Maritime 
Transportation Security Plan', `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.''.
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