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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6198. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1271. ASSESSMENT OF TRANS-ATLANTIC SUBMARINE FIBER OPTIC
CABLE.
(a) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with
the heads of other Federal departments and agencies as
necessary, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report
containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility
of a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting
the contiguous United States, the United States Virgin
Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria, to enhance the national security
of the United States.
(b) Elements.—The report required by subsection (a) shall
include an assessment of—
(1) the digital security, national security, and economic
opportunities associated with a trans-Atlantic submarine
fiber optic cable described in subsection (a);
(2) the lifespan of submarine fiber optic cables currently
connecting the United States Virgin Islands to the contiguous
United States;
(3) the current security of telecommunications between the
contiguous United States and the United States Virgin
Islands;
(4) the readiness of telecommunications infrastructure in
the United States Virgin Islands to support a trans-Atlantic
submarine fiber optic cable described in subsection (a);
(5) the potential for engagement with trusted entities in
the deployment of a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic
cable described in subsection (a), and the associated
geopolitical and economic advantages;
(6) the potential connectivity opportunities to maximize
investments in the United States economy through the use of a
trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable described in
subsection (a);
(7) the value, cost, and feasibility of establishing a data
center and high-security cloud services facility, with
independent power generation, in the United States Virgin
Islands for communications of the United States Africa
Command, communications of the United States Special
Operations Command, and national security communications;
(8) the state of submarine fiber optic cables connected to
United States telecommunications infrastructure; and
(9) any other related matters the Secretary determines are
appropriate.
(c) No Mandatory Data Collection.—The Secretary may not
require any entity to provide data for purposes of preparing
the report required by subsection (a).
(d) Form.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form without any designation
relating to dissemination control, but may include a
classified annex.
(e) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Not trusted.—The term “not trusted” means, with
respect to an entity, that the entity is determined by the
Secretary to pose an unacceptable risk to the national
security of the United States, or the security and safety of
United States persons, based solely on one or more
determination described under paragraphs (1) through (4) of
section 2(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications
Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601(c)).
(2) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary
of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Communications and Information.
(3) Trusted.—The term “trusted” means, with respect to
an entity, that the Secretary has not determined that the
entity is not trusted.