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

The bill expands a reporting req provision: 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 security of Taiwan and change, reduces a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 4. Taiwan Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 5. Countering PRC gray zone tactics The President shall work with like-minded international partners to implement strategies that directly counter the Government of. It relies on reporting requirements, compliance mandates, appropriations, and grants. The main policy areas are Defense, Foreign Policy, and Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a reporting req provision: 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 security of Taiwan and change...
  • Reduces a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 4. Taiwan Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative.
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 5. Countering PRC gray zone tactics The President shall work with like-minded international partners to implement strategies that directly counter the Government of...
  • Creates loosens a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 6.
  • Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 7. Semiannual report.

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a reporting req provision: 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 security of Taiwan and change, reduces a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 4. Taiwan Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 5. Countering PRC gray zone tactics The President shall work with like-minded international partners to implement strategies that directly counter the Government of.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Foreign Policy, Transportation

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a reporting req provision: 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 security of Taiwan and change, reduces a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 4. Taiwan Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 5. Countering PRC gray zone tactics The President shall work with like-minded international partners to implement strategies that directly counter the Government of.

Policy Domains

Defense Foreign Policy Transportation

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 …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Foreign Policy Transportation
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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