To 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.
Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the President, acting through the Secretary of Commerce and in coordination with the Secretary of State, to develop and repeatedly report on a strategy to eliminate foreign adversaries' access to goods and technologies needed to construct, maintain, or operate undersea cables, while pursuing allied export-control agreements and evaluating additional Commerce controls.
Who Benefits and How
United States and allied undersea-cable security could benefit from tighter export-control coordination that makes it harder for foreign adversaries to obtain the equipment, software, and technology needed to build or support cable networks.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Commerce, State, and the White House must identify relevant items, negotiate with allies, brief Congress, and justify export-control decisions, while foreign-adversary-linked firms face a more restrictive supply environment.
Key Provisions
- Requires a strategy identifying items needed for undersea cable projects, existing United States and multilateral controls, allied market capacity, and foreign adversary involvement.
- Requires an initial report within 180 days and annual public reports for three years, with optional classified annexes.
- Requires the President within one year to seek bilateral or multilateral agreements with allies and partners to eliminate availability of covered items to foreign adversaries and include penalty provisions.
- Requires the Secretary of Commerce to evaluate the identified items for additional Export Administration Regulations controls and to report annually on those decisions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the President, acting through the Secretary of Commerce and in coordination with the Secretary of State, to develop and repeatedly report on a strategy to eliminate foreign adversaries' access to goods and technologies needed to construct, maintain, or operate undersea cables, while pursuing allied export-control agreements and evaluating additional Commerce controls.
Key Policy Areas
National Security, Telecommunications, Export Controls, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
Requires the President, acting through the Secretary of Commerce and in coordination with the Secretary of State, to develop and repeatedly report on a strategy to eliminate foreign adversaries' access to goods and technologies needed to construct, maintain, or operate undersea cables, while pursuing allied export-control agreements and evaluating additional Commerce controls.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- United States national-security planners and trusted undersea-cable suppliers seeking a more controlled market for cable-supporting technology
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Commerce, State, and foreign-adversary-linked entities that face new screening, negotiation, and control requirements
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Mr. Kean introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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