HR 2503
Passed a chamber
Requires the President, through the Commerce and State Departments, to develop a strategy for keeping goods and technologies needed to build and maintain undersea cables out of the hands of foreign adversaries, and to report on it to Congress.
Official title: Undersea Cable Control Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
31-MAR-2025
Referred
31-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
09-APR-2025
Passed
02-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
03-SEP-2025
- Requires a strategy within 180 days of enactment, with annual reports for three years that are unclassified and posted publicly
- Directs the Commerce Secretary to evaluate export controls on cable-related items and whether to add them to the Commerce Control List
- Requires the President to seek agreements with allies and partners that include penalties for noncompliance, with briefings to Congress every 180 days
- Covers items needed for undersea cable construction, maintenance, or operation, and the role of foreign adversaries at international standards-setting bodies
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (31-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 02-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee (Senate)
International Affairs
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1 Republican
1 Democrat