1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing Maritime Data from Communist China Act of 2023 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees defined The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. (2) LOGINK The term LOGINK means the public, open, shared logistics information network known as the National Public Information Platform for Transportation and Logistics by the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China. (3) Critical infrastructure The term critical infrastructure has the meaning given the term in section 721(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4565(a) ). 3. Countering the spread of LOGINK (a) Prohibitions (1) Contracting prohibition (A) In general The Department of Defense may not enter into or renew any contract with any entity that uses— (i) LOGINK; (ii) any logistics platform controlled by, affiliated with, or subject to the jurisdiction of the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the People’s Republic of China; or (iii) any logistics platform that shares data with a system described in clause (i) or (ii). (B) Applicability Subparagraph (A) applies with respect to any contract entered into or renewed on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Ports and critical infrastructure ban (A) In general Beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— (i) prohibit any entity which owns or operates a port in the United States from using or sharing data with a system described in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A)