The record

LegislationLegislation· Mar 2023
HR 1189

Sponsored by Brian J. Mast (R)

Undersea Cable Control Act

Would have required a strategy and export controls to keep undersea cable technology away from foreign adversaries, including China.

Tradeoff

Would have limited foreign adversaries' access to goods and technology used to build undersea cables. Would have required new export reviews and yearly reports to Congress.

What's in it

See official bill text
H.R. 1189, Undersea Cable Control Actwww.cbo.gov/publication/58998 · Mar 2023

The House passed this bill by on March 27, 2023. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 24, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Foreign Affairs(Feb 24, 2023)

  3. House

    The committee voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Feb 28, 2023)

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Mar 27, 2023)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Foreign Relations(Mar 28, 2023)