IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1701 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 22, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
State to monitor efforts by the People’s Republic of 
China to build or buy strategic foreign ports, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Ports Re-
porting Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MAPPING AND STRATEGY REQUIRED. 
(a) MAPPING OF GLOBAL PORTS.—The Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 
shall— 
(1) develop an updated, global mapping of for-
eign and domestic ports identified to be of impor-
tance to the United States, because of a capability 
to provide military, diplomatic, economic, or resource 
exploration superiority; and 
(2) identify any efforts by the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or other PRC 
entities to build, buy, or otherwise control, directly 
or indirectly, such ports. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF MAP.—The Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 
the mapping developed pursuant to subsection (a) to the 
appropriate congressional committees. Such submission 
shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
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SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE STUDY AND REPORT ON STRATEGIC 
PORTS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall conduct 
a study of— 
(1) strategic ports; 
(2) the reasons such ports are of interest to the 
United States; 
(3) the activities and plans of the Government 
of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to expand 
its control over strategic ports outside of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; 
(4) the public and private actors, such as China 
Ocean Shipping Company, that are executing and 
supporting the activities and plans of the Govern-
ment of the PRC to expand its control over strategic 
ports outside of the PRC; 
(5) the activities and plans of the Government 
of the PRC to expand its control over maritime lo-
gistics by promoting products, such as LOGINK, 
and setting industry standards outside the PRC; 
(6) how the control by the Government of the 
PRC over strategic ports outside of the PRC could 
harm the national security or economic interests of 
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the United States and allies and partners of the 
United States; and 
(7) measures the United States Government 
could take to ensure open access and security for 
strategic ports and offer alternatives to PRC invest-
ments or stakes in strategic ports. 
(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 
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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-
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 
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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— 
(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 
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(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— 
(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: 
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(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. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 22 (legis-
lative day May 21), 2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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