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kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 252"
bill: "119-hr-252"
heading: "Secure Our Ports Act of 2025"
from: "ih"
from_label: "Introduced in House"
to: "rh"
to_label: "Reported in House"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/119/hr/252/changes/rh"
---

# H.R. 252 — what changed

H.R. 252, Secure Our Ports Act of 2025 — 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## 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 operation and management
  - “(a) In general—An owner or operator of a facility for which <del>an Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan </del><ins>a facility security plan </ins>is required under section <del>70103 </del><ins>70103(c) </ins>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 <del>Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan, </del>facility, and owner or operator have the meanings given such terms in section 70101 of this title.”
- (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: