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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6228 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6228

To require the Secretary of Transportation and the Commissioner of U.S. 
  Customs and Border Protection to develop an alternative platform to 
                    LOGINK, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2023

  Mrs. Steel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
 Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
To require the Secretary of Transportation and the Commissioner of U.S. 
  Customs and Border Protection to develop an alternative platform to 
                    LOGINK, 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. ALTERNATIVE NETWORK REQUIRED.

    The Secretary of Transportation and the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection shall take such steps as may be 
necessary--
            (1) to work with the International Maritime Organization, 
        the European Commission, and appropriate international 
        governmental organizations to develop a secure platform, with 
        architecture that cannot be manipulated, managed, operated, or 
        infiltrated by foreign adversaries, as an alternative to the 
        public, open, shared logistics information network known as the 
        National Public Information Platform for Transportation & 
        Logistics (``LOGINK'') maintained by the Ministry of Transport 
        of China in support of the Chinese Communist Party and China's 
        State Council transportation superpower plans; and
            (2) to develop standards for United States and global 
        logistics information networks to protect United States 
        national and economic security interests, as well as those of 
        allied and partner countries, from potential espionage or 
        sabotage.

SEC. 2. REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report describing--
            (1) the possible national security threats that United 
        States and international ports and other critical 
        infrastructure may encounter due to the use of LOGINK;
            (2) the possible threats on the commercial operations of 
        United States and international ports and other critical 
        infrastructure due to the use of LOGINK; and
            (3) steps taken to protect United States national and 
        economic security interests with respect to logistics 
        information networks.
    (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, the 
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on 
        Ways and Means, and the Committee on Transportation and 
        Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on 
        Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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