3.0.0 777 2026-04-09T19:43:42Z 2026-04-09T19:43:42Z Senate S S 2025-02-27 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/777 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-02-27T17:17:32Z National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 119 1071 S 2025-12-18 Became Public Law No: 119-60. Related bill CRS Strategic Ports Reporting Act 119 1701 HR 2025-05-22 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Identical bill CRS 2025-02-27 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2025-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001305 Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] Ted Budd R NC N K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2025-02-27 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2025-02-27 True International Affairs Asia 2025-05-21T14:27:47Z China 2025-05-21T14:27:47Z Congressional oversight 2025-05-21T14:27:47Z Geography and mapping 2025-05-21T14:27:47Z Government studies and investigations 2025-05-21T14:27:47Z Marine and inland water transportation 2025-05-21T14:27:47Z Navigation, waterways, harbors 2025-05-21T14:27:47Z Transportation safety and security 2025-05-21T14:27:47Z International Affairs 2025-05-08T16:30:46Z 00 2025-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2026-04-09T19:43:32Z Strategic Ports Reporting Act

This bill requires the Department of State to conduct a study and submit a report to Congress on strategic ports.

The report shall contain various elements related to such ports, including (1) a detailed list of all strategic ports owned, operated, or controlled by China or a foreign person of China; (2) a detailed list of all strategic ports owned, operated, or controlled by the United States or a U.S. person; (3) an assessment of the national security and economic interests relevant to each such port; (4) an analysis of actions by China to gain control or ownership of strategic ports; and (5) courses of action to protect strategic ports and maritime infrastructure from Chinese control.

The bill also requires the State Department to develop and provide to Congress a global mapping of foreign and domestic ports of importance to the United States because of a capability to provide military, diplomatic, economic, or resource exploitation superiority.

]]> Strategic Ports Reporting Act Display Title 45 Strategic Ports Reporting Act 2025-03-21T04:08:31Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Strategic Ports Reporting Act 2025-03-21T04:08:26Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill 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. 2025-03-21T04:04:27Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-02-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s777is/xml/BILLS-119s777is.xml 2025-02-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.