H.R. 2390 · Where this bill is now
In the Senate
Passed the House Jun 9, 2025. Received Jun 10, 2025; no Senate vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryFunds replacement of Chinese-made port cranes
This bill allows the Maritime Administration to award grants that help ports upgrade or replace cranes that were made, installed, or controlled by China. The grants come from an existing program that funds port improvements. The money can be used to replace the actual cranes or update their computer systems and mechanical parts.
How it affects you
If you work at or depend on U.S. ports for goods to move through the country, this could affect you indirectly. Ports could use these grants to modernize equipment, which might improve how quickly cargo moves through shipping facilities. However, the bill doesn't describe direct effects on individual Americans' daily lives or costs.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Mar 26, 2025)
Maritime Supply Chain Security Act
This bill authorizes the Maritime Administration to competitively award grants under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) to upgrade or replace port cranes or parts of port cranes maintained, installed, provided, controlled, or sponsored by China or any of its departments, ministries, centers, agencies, or instrumentalities. The bill further specifies that grant funds may be used to upgrade or replace port cranes' hardware or software.
PIDP grants fund eligible projects that aim to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods through U.S. ports.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 2390
AN ACT
Maritime Supply Chain Security Act
Sponsor: Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC-7) · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Transportation and Public Works · 4 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jun 10, 2025: “Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 4 official versions.