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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1724 

To counter the spread of the LOGINK logistics information platform, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 22, 2023 

Mrs. STEEL (for herself, Mr. OWENS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. POSEY, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. MAST, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. CLINE, Mr. OGLES, 

and Mr. GUEST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 

Armed Services, and Ways and Means, 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 

A BILL 

To counter the spread of the LOGINK logistics information 

platform, 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 ‘‘Securing Maritime 

5 Data from Communist China Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES DEFINED.—The term ‘‘appropriate congres3 sional committees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

5 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com6 mittee on Homeland Security and Govern7 mental Affairs, and the Committee on Finance 

8 of the Senate; and 

9 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

10 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 

11 on Homeland Security, and the Committee on 

12 Ways and Means of the House of Representa13 tives. 

14 (2) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 

15 ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given the 

16 term in section 721(a) of the Defense Production 

17 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)). 

18 (3) LOGINK.—The term ‘‘LOGINK’’ means 

19 public, open, shared logistics information network 

20 known as the National Public Information Platform 

21 for Transportation & Logistics by the Ministry of 

22 Transport of the People’s Republic of China. 

23 SEC. 3. COUNTERING THE SPREAD OF LOGINK. 

24 (a) PROHIBITIONS.— 

25 (1) CONTRACTING PROHIBITION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Department of De2 fense may not enter into or renew any contract 

3 with any entity that uses— 

4 (i) LOGINK; 

5 (ii) any logistics platform controlled 

6 by, affiliated with, or subject to the juris7 diction of the Chinese Communist Party or 

8 the Government of the People’s Republic of 

9 China; or 

10 (iii) any logistics platform that shares 

11 data with a system described in clause (i) 

12 or (ii). 

13 (B) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (A) 

14 applies with respect to any contract entered 

15 into or renewed on or after the date that is 2 

16 years after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act. 

18 (2) PORTS AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

19 BAN.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date 

21 that is 2 years after the date of the enactment 

22 of this Act, the President shall— 

23 (i) prohibit any entity which owns or 

24 operates a port in the United States from 

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1 scribed in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 

2 (1)(A); and 

3 (ii) prohibit any entity which owns or 

4 operates other critical infrastructure in the 

5 United States, as the President considers 

6 appropriate, from using or sharing data 

7 with a system described in such clauses. 

8 (B) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

9 (i) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President 

10 may exercise the authorities provided to 

11 the President under sections 203 and 205 

12 of the International Emergency Economic 

13 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to 

14 the extent necessary to carry out this para15 graph. 

16 (ii) PENALTIES.—A person that vio17 lates, attempts to violate, conspires to vio18 late, or causes a violation of a prohibition 

19 described in subparagraph (A) or any reg20 ulation, license, or order issued to carry 

21 out that subparagraph shall be subject to 

22 the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 

23 and (c) of section 206 of the International 

24 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

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1 son that commits an unlawful act de2 scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 

3 (b) NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS.— 

4 (1) NEGOTIATIONS REQUIRED.—The President 

5 shall enter into negotiations with United States al6 lies and partners, including those described in para7 graph (3), if the President determines that ports or 

8 other entities operating within the jurisdiction of 

9 such allies and partners are using an entity de10 scribed in subsection (a)(1)(A). 

11 (2) ELEMENTS.—As part of the negotiations 

12 described in paragraph (1), the President shall— 

13 (A) urge governments to require entities 

14 within their jurisdiction to terminate use of 

15 LOGINK and other platforms described in sub16 section (a)(1)(A); 

17 (B) describe the threats posed by 

18 LOGINK and other platforms described in sub19 section (a)(1)(A) to United States military and 

20 strategic interests and the implications this 

21 threat may have for the presence of United 

22 States military forces in such ally or partner; 

23 (C) urge governments to cooperate with 

24 the United States to counter attempts by the 

25 People’s Republic of China at international 


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1 standards-setting bodies to spread LOGINK 

2 and other platforms described in subsection 

3 (a)(1)(A); and 

4 (D) attempt to establish through multilat5 eral entities, bilateral or multilateral trade ne6 gotiations, military cooperation, and other rel7 evant engagements or agreements a prohibition 

8 on the use of LOGINK and other platforms de9 scribed in subsection (a)(1)(A). 

10 (3) ALLIES AND PARTNERS.—The allies and 

11 partners with which the President shall conduct the 

12 negotiations described in this subsection include— 

13 (A) Japan; 

14 (B) The Republic of Korea; 

15 (C) The Philippines; 

16 (D) Australia; 

17 (E) North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

18 members; and 

19 (F) European Union members. 

20 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

21 Not later than one year after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, the President shall submit a report to 

23 the appropriate congressional committees describing— 

24 (1) the efforts made by the United States Gov25 ernment thus far in the negotiations described in 


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1 section 3(b), including whether the United States 

2 Government has raised such negotiations in multilat3 eral trade and technology discussions and negotia4 tions; 

5 (2) the actions taken by the governments of al6 lies and partners pursuant to the negotiation prior7 ities described in section 3(b); 

8 (3) the possible effects that the contracting pro9 hibition under section 3(a)(1) and the port and 

10 other critical infrastructure prohibition under section 

11 3(a)(2) may have on United States military oper12 ations; and 

13 (4) the possible effects that the port and other 

14 critical infrastructure prohibition under section 

15 3(a)(2) may have on the commercial operations of 

16 United States ports and other critical infrastructure. 

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