HR252Passed House
Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-09
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Ken Calvert
Republican · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 97.2% (608 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/C000059
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Cosponsors (2)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2025-06-10
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2025-06-10
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureReported By · 2025-06-06
Previously
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMarkup By · 2025-04-02
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureDischarged from · 2025-04-02
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureReferred To · 2025-01-09
Plain-English Summary
Secure Our Ports Act of 2025 This bill prohibits owners or operators of certain U.S. maritime transportation facilities from contracting for the lease, ownership, or operation of facilities with enterprises partly or wholly owned by China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia. The covered facilities are located at ports in areas that are subject to enhanced transportation security requirements, including the requirement for an Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Transportation and Public Works
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