119th Congress International Affairs
H.R. 2503: 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
This bill requires the President and the Department of Commerce to take certain actions to prevent foreign adversaries from acquiring items needed to support the construction, maintenance, or operation of undersea cable projects. For the purposes of this bill, a foreign adversary is any foreign government or nongovernment person (entity or individual) engaged in certain conduct that significantly and adversely affects U.S. national security.
Within one year of the bill's enactment, the President must seek to enter into agreements with allies and partners to prevent such items from being available to foreign adversaries.
Furthermore, Commerce must determine the appropriate level of export and transfer controls for such items under the Export Administration Regulations.
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The bill also requires Commerce to develop a strategy to prevent such items 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
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- Brad Sherman D-CA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Thomas Kean SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors, marked up, passed House4 events+48
- 2Michael LawlerCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Brad ShermanCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Thomas Kean.
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- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Mr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3733-3734)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2503.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3733-3734)
- 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.