To prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from carrying out operations at seaports in the United States.

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.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4817 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4817

 To prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from 
       carrying out operations at seaports in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2006

 Mr. Hayworth 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 
       carrying out operations at seaports in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON OPERATION OF U.S. SEAPORTS BY CERTAIN FOREIGN 
              ENTITIES.

    (a) Requirement.--No entity that is owned or controlled by a 
foreign government may--
            (1) conduct operations at any seaport in the United States; 
        or
            (2) enter into any contract or other agreement to conduct 
        such operations.
    (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) 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.C. 1705) to the same extent as 
such penalties apply to violations under that Act.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Foreign government.--The term ``foreign government'' 
        includes any agency or instrumentality of a foreign government.
            (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.

    This Act shall be effective as of February 28, 2006.
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