Protection of Undersea Telecommunication Cables: Issues for Congress

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R47648

Version

6

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Active

Published

Aug 7, 2023

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Sep 3, 2026, 10:56 am UTC

Authors: Nicole T. Carter, Patricia Moloney Figliola, Laura B. Comay, Laura Gatz, Caitlin Keating-Bitonti, Eva Lipiec, Anthony R. Marshak, Pervaze A. Sheikh, Erin H. Ward, Jill C. Gallagher

Source topics: Technology & Innovation, Telecommunications & Internet Policy, Science for Security, Natural Resources Policy

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Related federal bills

• HR 4506To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish an interagency national security review process, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 4510To reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, to update the mission and functions of the agency, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• S 1166Internet Exchange and Submarine Cable Act of 2020
  116th Congress
• HR 3385To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of developing a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting the contiguous United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 1189To require the development of a strategy to eliminate the availability to foreign adversaries of goods and technologies capable of supporting undersea cables, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress