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H.R. 2503 · 119th Congress

Undersea Cable Control Act

Introduced Mar 31, 2025Policy area: International Affairs

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summary

Undersea Cable Control Act

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.

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3733-3734)

  4. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.

  5. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2503.

  6. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3733-3734)

  7. House

    Mr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. House

    Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

  9. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  10. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

  11. Introduced in House