The U.S. House of Representatives approved a defense spending bill on Friday that included a provision limiting China's ability to monitor the flow of ocean containers into and out of the U.S.

The provision, backed by Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., prohibits U.S. ports that take federal grant money from using China's state-supported National Public Information Platform for Transportation and Logistics, known as LOGINK.

The provision was included as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the chamber along a party-line vote.

"More [than] 90% of traded goods are carried through ocean shipping," Johnson said after attaching the provision to the NDAA last month.

"LOGINK provides massive amounts of monitoring, data, and logistics infrastructure to the [Chinese Communist Party] – it's imperative we keep LOGINK out of American ports. China already competes unfairly in the global shipping arena. Blocking their access to American port data is one small step to keep this advantage to a minimum."