(b) CONDUCT OF STUDY.—The Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Defense may enter into an arrange-
ment with a federally funded research and development 
center under which the center shall conduct the study re-
quired under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the findings of the 
study conducted under subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) a detailed list of all known strategic 
ports operated, controlled, or owned, directly or 
indirectly, by the PRC or by a foreign person 
of the PRC, and an assessment of the national 
security and economic interests relevant to each 
such port; 
(B) a detailed list of all known strategic 
ports operated, controlled, or owned, directly or 
indirectly, by the United States or United 
States persons and an assessment of the na-
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tional security and economic interests relevant 
to each such port; 
(C) an assessment of vulnerabilities of— 
(i) ports operated, controlled, or 
owned, directly or indirectly, by the United 
States; and 
(ii) strategic ports; 
(D) an analysis of the activities and ac-
tions of the Government of the PRC to gain 
control or ownership over strategic ports, in-
cluding promoting products, such as LOGINK, 
and setting industry standards; 
(E) an assessment of how the Government 
of the PRC plans to expand its control over 
strategic ports outside of the PRC; 
(F) a suggested strategy, developed in con-
sultation with the heads of the relevant United 
States 
Government 
offices, 
that 
suggests 
courses of action to secure trusted investment 
and ownership of strategic ports and maritime 
infrastructure, protect such ports and infra-
structure from PRC control, and ensure open 
access and security for such ports, that in-
cludes— 
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(i) a list of relevant existing authori-
ties that can be used to carry out the 
strategy; 
(ii) a list of any additional authorities 
necessary to carry out the strategy; 
(iii) an assessment of products owned 
by the Government of the PRC or by an 
entity headquartered in the PRC that are 
used in connection with strategic ports or 
maritime infrastructure; 
(iv) an assessment of the costs to— 
(I) secure such trusted invest-
ment and ownership; 
(II) replace products owned by 
the Government of the PRC or an en-
tity headquartered in the PRC that 
are used in connection with such 
ports; and 
(III) 
enhance 
transparency 
around the negative impacts of PRC 
control over strategic ports; and 
(v) a list of funding sources to secure 
trusted investment and ownership of stra-
tegic ports, which shall include— 
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(I) an identification of private 
funding sources; and 
(II) an identification of public 
funding sources, including loans, loan 
guarantees, and tax incentives; and 
(G) a suggested strategy for Federal agen-
cies to maintain an up-to-date list of strategic 
ports. 
(H) an assessment of any national security 
threat posed by such investments or activities to 
United States diplomatic and defense personnel 
and facilities in the vicinity of such ports, in-
cluding through cyber threats, electronically en-
abled espionage, or other means. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, the Committee on Armed Services, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Per-
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manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation, the Committee on Armed 
Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘relevant United States Govern-
ment offices’’ means— 
(A) the Unified Combatant Commands; 
(B) the Office of the Secretary of Defense; 
(C) the Office of the Secretary of State; 
(D) the United States International Devel-
opment Finance Corporation; 
(E) the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence; and 
(F) the Maritime Administration of the 
Department of Transportation. 
(3) The term ‘‘strategic port’’ means an inter-
national port or waterway that the heads of the rel-
evant United States Government offices determine is 
critical to the national security or economic pros-
perity of the United States. 
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