Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Monitor China’s Port Investments
Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., reintroduced a bill Feb. 27 that would require the Defense and State departments to monitor China’s efforts to build or buy “strategic foreign ports.”
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The Strategic Ports Reporting Act also would direct the departments to examine how to ensure open access and security at such ports and offer alternatives to Chinese investments in those facilities.
The bill, which has three House co-sponsors, was referred to the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees. Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., introduced a companion bill, which has two co-sponsors and was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Huizenga previously introduced the bill in June (see 2406120065), during the last Congress, where it cleared the House Foreign Affairs Committee.