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Union Calendar No. 117 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 252 
[Report No. 119–148] 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain contracts for 
port operations and management, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2025 
Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
JUNE 6, 2025 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GIMENEZ and Mr. GARAMENDI 
JUNE 6, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 9, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain 
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other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Our Ports Act 
of 2025’’. 
SEC. 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 op-
eration 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 Ira-
nian 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 ‘facil-
ity’, and ‘owner or operator’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 70101 of this title.’’. 
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(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.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 117 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 252 
[Report No. 119–148] 
A BILL 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit 
certain contracts for port operations and man-
agement, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 6, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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