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.
Legislative Progress
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the President to develop a strategy to eliminate foreign adversary access to items needed for undersea cable construction, maintenance, and operation through export controls and international coordination.
Who Benefits and How
U.S. national security benefits from protected undersea communications infrastructure. U.S. and allied undersea cable manufacturers benefit from protected market position.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Commerce Department must identify controlled items and coordinate export policies. Foreign adversaries (primarily China) lose access to undersea cable technology.
Key Provisions
- Strategy to deny cable technology to adversaries
- Identify items required for undersea cable projects
- Assess U.S. and multilateral export controls
- Coordinate with allies on unified controls
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Develops strategy to deny foreign adversaries undersea cable components
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Protect critical undersea infrastructure through export control strategy"
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "president"
- → President
- "secretary_state"
- → Secretary of State
- "secretary_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
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