Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Environment, Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators 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 may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H9DFAE0217EE64C76BB5E5C50CDB9CE74: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025.
- Section HA972CD34167E415CA3D604E080D1D3D3: 2. Prohibition on requiring authorizations for undersea fiber optic cables previously authorized by Federal or State agencies The National Marine Sanctuaries...
- Section HAB07B540A7D048B8BD0F7290E09AB776: 310A. Prohibition on requiring authorizations for undersea fiber optic cables previously authorized by Federal or State agencies Notwithstanding any other...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Environment, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
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?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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