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H.R. 1701119th CongressInternational Affairs
Strategic Ports Reporting Act
Sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) · 16 active : 13 Republicans, 3 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMay 22, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govStrategic Ports Reporting Act
This bill requires the Department of State to conduct a study and submit a report to Congress on strategic ports.
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The report shall contain various elements related to such ports, including (1) a detailed list of all strategic ports owned, operated, or controlled by China or a foreign person of China; (2) a detailed list of all strategic ports owned, operated, or controlled by the United States or a U.S. person; (3) an assessment of the national security and economic interests relevant to each such port; (4) an analysis of actions by China to gain control or ownership of strategic ports; and (5) courses of action to protect strategic ports and maritime infrastructure from Chinese control.
The bill also requires the State Department to develop and provide to Congress a global mapping of foreign and domestic ports of importance to the United States because of a capability to provide military, diplomatic, economic, or resource exploitation superiority.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Armed Services · HouseBills of interest - exchange of · Referred to
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Asia
- China
- Congressional oversight
- Geography and mapping
- Government studies and investigations
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Transportation safety and security
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 75Middle 30–70
- 17Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
16 activeShow all 16 cosponsors
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4)
- Johnny Olszewski (D-MD-2)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1)
- James C. Moylan (R-GU-AL)
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS-AL)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
- Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6)
- Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10)
- Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4)
- James R. Baird (R-IN-4)
- Barry Moore (R-AL-1)
- Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
- Mark E. Green (R-TN-7)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA-41)
- Nicholas J. Begich (R-AK-AL)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
