HR 252
Passed a chamber
Prohibits owners and operators of regulated port facilities from entering into contracts to own, lease, or operate those facilities with state-owned enterprises from China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran, or with foreign entities partly owned by those countries.
Official title: Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
09-JAN-2025
Referred
09-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
02-APR-2025
Reported
06-JUN-2025
On the calendar
06-JUN-2025
Passed
09-JUN-2025
Senate
Received
10-JUN-2025
- Applies to facilities that must have a facility security plan under section 70103(c) of title 46
- Covers contracts for the ownership, leasing, or operation of such facilities with state-owned enterprises of China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran
- Also covers foreign entities for which any percentage is owned by one of those four countries
- Adds the new section 70015 to chapter 700 of title 46, United States Code, and updates the chapter's table of contents
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (09-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 09-JUN-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Transportation and Public Works
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1 Democrat
1 Republican