Requires the State Department to produce a strategy against foreign espionage in the Arctic and bars approval of marine research by foreign adversary vessels in U.S. waters unless the Secretary of State grants a national interest waiver.

• Requires the Secretary of State, with intelligence and Homeland Security agencies, to produce within 180 days a strategy to identify and counter espionage and influence operations by foreign adversaries in the Arctic.
• Requires foreign vessels to get prior consent before conducting marine scientific research in United States waters, and bars approval for covered vessels tied to foreign adversaries unless the Secretary of State issues a national interest waiver reported to Congress within 5 days.
• Requires a report within 180 days comparing these consent requirements to existing multilateral regimes, and a report within 1 year on Arctic espionage that includes an assessment of an information-sharing framework with allied Arctic countries.

• Foreign Relations Committee (Senate)

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