[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4839 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4839

 To prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from 
  conducting certain operations at seaports in the United States, and 
       from entering into agreements to conduct such operations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2006

   Mr. Shaw (for himself, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Weller) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
 and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on International 
 Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from 
  conducting certain operations at seaports in the United States, and 
       from entering into agreements to conduct such operations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. OPERATION OF U.S. SEAPORTS.

    (a) Requirement.--No entity that is owned or controlled by a 
foreign government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, may--
            (1) conduct operations at any seaport in the United States 
        relating to--
                    (A) the import or export of cargo by vessel, or the 
                movement of cargo in connection with such import or 
                export; or
                    (B) the arrival or departure of the crew and 
                passengers on a cargo vessel; or
            (2) enter into any contract or other agreement to conduct 
        operations described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Regulations.--The President shall promulgate such regulations 
as may be necessary to enforce the requirements of subsection (a), 
including requiring any person to furnish, in the form of reports or 
otherwise, such information as is necessary to enforce such 
requirements.
    (c) Employees.--The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply to 
any individual performing operations described in that subsection in 
the course of employment by another person.
    (d) Penalties.--Any person who violates any requirement of 
subsection (a) or any regulation promulgated under subsection (b) shall 
be subject to the penalties under section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S. 1705) to the same extent as such 
penalties apply to violations under that Act.
    (e) Definition.--In this section:
            (1) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
        territory, or possession of the United States.
            (2) United states.--The term ``United States'' means the 
        several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
        territory, or possession of the United States.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--This Act shall take effect 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Applicability.--This Act shall not apply with respect to any 
contract or other agreement to conduct operations described in 
subsection (a) that is entered into before the effective date of this 
Act.
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