HR8177-119

In Committee

Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 2, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients. The main policy domain is Foreign Policy, Energy, Technology.

Who Benefits and How

foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H8FA148E73C25466FA4432BE28D0E4730: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act.
  • Section H60AC41DA5F7F49B1B05D42C78F136D0A: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has increasingly used gray zone tactics to undermine the...
  • Section HE38D19BBAF034980B108945DF5B4E7CE: 3. Definitions In this section: The term critical undersea infrastructure means— subsea energy infrastructure, including a subsea cable, pipeline, or other...
  • Section H1F6686F79B824FFE8694C87229A0F05B: 4. Taiwan Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Not later than 360 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State,...
  • Section HAB08EED8F0EE44A4B3016376FD8E67A2: 5. Countering PRC gray zone tactics The President shall work with like-minded international partners to implement strategies that directly counter the...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.

Key Policy Areas

Foreign Policy, Energy, Technology

Primary Purpose

This bill, Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.

Policy Domains

Foreign Policy Energy Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
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foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
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federal implementing agencies:
foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 2, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition …

Apr 2, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 2, 2026

Mr. Lawler (for himself, Mr. Min, and Mr. Stanton) introduced …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Foreign Policy Energy Technology
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"foreign person" §H2B03EDF0F56942ACA88AB1621E240838

an individual or entity that is not a United States person. The term United States person means— any United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States

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