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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6487 

To require the inspection of certain foreign cranes before use at a United 

States port, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2022 

Mr. GIMENEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To require the inspection of certain foreign cranes before 

use at a United States port, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Port Crane Security 

5 and Inspection Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FOREIGN CRANE INSPECTION TRANSPORTATION 

7 AND PORT SECURITY AND MARITIME SECU8 RITY ENHANCEMENT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to newly constructed 

10 foreign cranes procured for use at a United States port 


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1 determined by the Secretary to be of high risk to port se2 curity or maritime transportation security and that con3 nect to the cybersecurity network of such port, the Sec4 retary of Homeland Security shall, acting through the Cy5 bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, before 

6 such crane is placed into service at such port, inspect such 

7 crane for potential security vulnerabilities. 

8 (b) SECURITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.—Not 

9 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

10 Act, the Secretary shall assess the threat posed by security 

11 vulnerabilities of any existing or newly constructed foreign 

12 cranes. 

13 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

15 brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

16 of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu17 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding 

18 critical and high-risk foreign crane security vulnerabilities 

19 posed by existing or newly constructed foreign cranes 

20 within United States ports. 

21 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term 

23 ‘‘covered foreign country’’ means a country that— 


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1 (A) the intelligence community has identi2 fied as a foreign adversary in its most recent 

3 Annual Threat Assessment; or 

4 (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

5 in coordination with the Director of National 

6 Intelligence, has identified as a foreign adver7 sary that is not included in such Annual Threat 

8 Assessment. 

9 (2) FOREIGN CRANE.—The term ‘‘foreign 

10 crane’’ means a crane for which any software or 

11 other technology in such crane that is connected into 

12 cyber infrastructure at a port located in the United 

13 States was, in whole or in part, manufactured by an 

14 entity that is owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary 

15 of, or is otherwise related legally or financially to a 

16 corporation based in a covered foreign country. 

17 SEC. 3. FOREIGN CRANE PROHIBITION. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of law, a foreign crane— 

20 (1) for which a contract was entered into on or 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act may not be 

22 operated at a port located in the United States; and 

23 (2) operated at a port located in the United 

24 States may not operate foreign software on any date 


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1 after the date which is 5 years after the date of en2 actment of this Act. 

3 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term 

5 ‘‘covered foreign country’’ means a country that— 

6 (A) the intelligence community has identi7 fied as a foreign adversary in its most recent 

8 Annual Threat Assessment; or 

9 (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

10 in coordination with the Director of National 

11 Intelligence, has identified as a foreign adver12 sary that is not included in such Annual Threat 

13 Assessment. 

14 (2) FOREIGN CRANE.—The term ‘‘foreign 

15 crane’’ means a crane for which any software or 

16 other technology in such crane that is connected into 

17 cyber infrastructure at a port located in the United 

18 States was, in whole or in part, manufactured by an 

19 entity that is owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary 

20 of, or is otherwise related legally or financially to a 

21 corporation based in a covered foreign country. 

22 (3) FOREIGN SOFTWARE.—The term ‘‘foreign 

23 software’’ means software or other technology in a 

24 foreign crane that is connected into cyber infrastruc25 ture at a port located in the United States was, in 


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1 whole or in part, manufactured by a company wholly 

2 owned by a covered foreign country. 

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