H.R. 252

Summary

H.R. 252, the Secure Our Ports Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 9, 2025 by Rep. Ken Calvert (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Commerce, Science, And Transportation, and last saw action on Jun 10, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Record

Text

H.R. 252 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 252 EH: Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 252
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain contracts for port operations and management, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Secure Our Ports Act of 2025  .
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 operation 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 Iranian 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  facility , 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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      Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2025.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Ken Calvert (R) sponsors H.R. 252, and 2 members have co-sponsored it.

Ken Calvert

Rep. · R–CA-41 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 9, 2025

Carlos Gimenez

Rep. · R–FL-28 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 24, 2025

John Garamendi

Rep. · D–CA-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 1, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 252 went before 3 committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Transportation and Infrastructure and Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Referred To · Jun 10, 2025 · 458 Bills

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Reported By · Jun 6, 2025 · 156 Bills

Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee

Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee

Referred to · Jan 10, 2025 · 42 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 252, the latest H. Rept. 119-148.

• H. Rept. 119-148 — SECURE OUR PORTS ACT OF 2025

Actions

H.R. 252 has taken 15 actions since Jan 9, 2025, the latest on Jun 10, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 252 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 252 goes by 7 titles, 4 of them short titles.

• To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain contracts for port operations and management, and for other purposes. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
• Secure Our Ports Act of 2025 — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• Secure Our Ports Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• Secure Our Ports Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Secure Our Ports Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Secure Our Ports Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain contracts for port operations and management, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 21 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 252 in 17 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Trucking/Shipping, Budget/Appropriations, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Trade (domestic/foreign), Environment/Superfund, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Roads/Highway.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 21.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 252 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 9 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 252’s is Transportation and Public Works.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 252 carries 9 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Asia to Transportation safety and security.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 252, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CALVERT:H.R. 252.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority of Congress to enact thislegislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution, specifically clause 1 and clause 18.[Page H92]

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