Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Sep 18, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Republican
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 135 words.
Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce from enforcing certain permit requirements for activities related to undersea fiber optic cables in national marine sanctuaries. Specifically, Commerce may not prohibit or require an authorization for any covered activities related to undersea fiber optic cables if a license, lease, or permit has been issued by a state or federal agency to authorize the covered activity. Covered activities are the installation, continued presence, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary. The bill also authorizes Commerce to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to engage in interagency cooperation regarding federal agency actions that are likely to destroy, cause the loss of, or injure a resource in a national marine sanctuary and involve covered activities.
- Committees
- Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
- Policy area
- Transportation and Public Works: 87 of 3,176 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.7%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 387 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 193 words
- Subjects
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesMarine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Latest action
- Sep 18, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 261 Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 R · Passed one chamber