US Congress · H.R. 252 · Passed the House

Secure Our Ports Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-01-09

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Transportation and Public Works

What it does

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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1Short title

This section would let this Act be cited as the "Secure Our Ports Act of 2025."

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure Our Ports Act of 2025 .

2Prohibition on certain contracts for port operation and management

This section would add a new section 70015 to chapter 700 of title 46 of the United States Code. Under the new section, the owner or operator of a facility that is required to have a facility security plan under section 70103(c) of title 46 could not enter into a contract for the ownership, leasing, or operation of that facility with an entity that is a state-owned enterprise of China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran, or with a foreign entity in which any of those four countries owns any percentage. The terms "facility" and "owner or operator" would keep the meanings already given to them in section 70101 of title 46. This section would also update the table of contents for chapter 700 to add an entry for the new section 70015.

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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: 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. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-01-09

In the House.

Passed the House · 2025-06-09

Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

Full bill textread it on this site, version rfs (Referred in Senate), as published by GovInfo

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The numbers

29%

of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)

sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONSvia AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS

6 filings

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATIONvia INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION

3 filings

From 9 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.

Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (2025-06-10).