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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6487 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2022

 Mr. Gimenez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL

 
  To require the inspection of certain foreign cranes before use at a 
              United States port, 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 ``Port Crane Security and Inspection 
Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. FOREIGN CRANE INSPECTION TRANSPORTATION AND PORT SECURITY AND 
              MARITIME SECURITY ENHANCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--With respect to newly constructed foreign cranes 
procured for use at a United States port determined by the Secretary to 
be of high risk to port security or maritime transportation security 
and that connect to the cybersecurity network of such port, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall, acting through the Cybersecurity 
and Infrastructure Security Agency, before such crane is placed into 
service at such port, inspect such crane for potential security 
vulnerabilities.
    (b) Security Vulnerability Assessments.--Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall assess the 
threat posed by security vulnerabilities of any existing or newly 
constructed foreign cranes.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding 
critical and high-risk foreign crane security vulnerabilities posed by 
existing or newly constructed foreign cranes within United States 
ports.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered foreign country.--The term ``covered foreign 
        country'' means a country that--
                    (A) the intelligence community has identified as a 
                foreign adversary in its most recent Annual Threat 
                Assessment; or
                    (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
                coordination with the Director of National 
                Intelligence, has identified as a foreign adversary 
                that is not included in such Annual Threat Assessment.
            (2) Foreign crane.--The term ``foreign crane'' means a 
        crane for which any software or other technology in such crane 
        that is connected into cyber infrastructure at a port located 
        in the United States was, in whole or in part, manufactured by 
        an entity that is owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary of, 
        or is otherwise related legally or financially to a corporation 
        based in a covered foreign country.

SEC. 3. FOREIGN CRANE PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
foreign crane--
            (1) for which a contract was entered into on or after the 
        date of enactment of this Act may not be operated at a port 
        located in the United States; and
            (2) operated at a port located in the United States may not 
        operate foreign software on any date after the date which is 5 
        years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered foreign country.--The term ``covered foreign 
        country'' means a country that--
                    (A) the intelligence community has identified as a 
                foreign adversary in its most recent Annual Threat 
                Assessment; or
                    (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
                coordination with the Director of National 
                Intelligence, has identified as a foreign adversary 
                that is not included in such Annual Threat Assessment.
            (2) Foreign crane.--The term ``foreign crane'' means a 
        crane for which any software or other technology in such crane 
        that is connected into cyber infrastructure at a port located 
        in the United States was, in whole or in part, manufactured by 
        an entity that is owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary of, 
        or is otherwise related legally or financially to a corporation 
        based in a covered foreign country.
            (3) Foreign software.--The term ``foreign software'' means 
        software or other technology in a foreign crane that is 
        connected into cyber infrastructure at a port located in the 
        United States was, in whole or in part, manufactured by a 
        company wholly owned by a covered foreign country.
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