118th Congress International Affairs
H.R. 1189: Undersea Cable Control Act
Passed House
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
The bill seeks to prevent foreign adversaries from acquiring goods and technologies capable of supporting the construction, maintenance, or operation of undersea cable projects. For the purposes of this bill, a foreign adversary is China or any foreign government or nongovernment person (entity or individual) engaged in certain conduct that significantly and adversely affects U.S. security.
The President must seek to enter into agreements with allies and partners to prevent such goods and technologies from being available to foreign adversaries.
Furthermore, the Department of Commerce must determine the appropriate level of export and transfer controls for such technologies under the Export Administration Regulations.
Read the full summary
The bill also requires the Department of State to develop a strategy to prevent such goods and technologies from being available to foreign adversaries. The President must report annually to Congress on this strategy.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Andy Kim D-NJOriginal
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Christopher Smith R-NJ
Who scored on this bill
- 1Brian Mast SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, passed House3 events+36
- 2Andy KimCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Brad ShermanCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Christopher SmithCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
See all scorers and every scoring event
Introductions and cosponsorships count toward weekly caps and show no points.
Other bills by Brian Mast
History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Brian Mast.
Show the full action history (11 actions)
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1451-1452)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1189.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1451)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1451)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.