House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Strategic Ports Reporting Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to monitor efforts by the People's Republic of China to build or buy strategic foreign ports, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Huizenga R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 22, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1701.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H919):Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1701, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
16 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 16 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), James Baird (R-IN), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mark Green (R-TN), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Barry Moore (R-AL), James Moylan (R-GU), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga.
Related bills
- S. 777 (119th) Strategic Ports Reporting ActIdentical bill
- S. 1071 (119th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.