Port Security bill
Official title To prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from carrying out operations at seaports in the United States.
Latest action · Mar 1, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prohibits any entity owned or controlled by a foreign government (including any agency or instrumentality) from: (1) conducting operations at any seaport in the United States (including commonwealths, territories, or possessions); or (2) entering into any contract or other agreement to conduct such operations.
Directs the President to promulgate regulations necessary to enforce this prohibition, including requiring any person to furnish information necessary to enforce it.
Subjects any person who violates this prohibition to certain civil and criminal penalties prescribed by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2006 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2006 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Feb 28, 2006Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2006Referred 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from carrying out operations at seaports in the United States.
- Popular Titles
- Port Security bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Commerce
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Dubai Ports World aftermath legislation
- Executive Office of the President
- Fines (Penalties)
- Foreign corporations
- Foreign investments
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government contractors
- Government corporations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government ownership
- Government paperwork
- Infrastructure
- International Affairs
- Law
- Marine terminals
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2006Introduced in House
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