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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6199. 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) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term
“appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2) Covered cable.—The term “covered cable” means a
trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable described in
subsection (b).
(3) Director.—The term “Director” means the Director of
the Trade and Development Agency.
(4) Not trusted.—The term “not trusted” means, with
respect to an entity, that the entity is determined by the
Director 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
determinations described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of
section 2(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications
Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601(c)).
(5) Trusted.—The term “trusted” means, with respect to
an entity, that the Director has not determined that the
entity is not trusted.
(b) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with the
heads of other Federal departments and agencies as necessary,
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and
feasibility of a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable
connecting the contiguous United States and Western Africa,
and potentially the United States Virgin Islands, to enhance
the national security of the United States.
(c) Elements.—The report required by subsection (b) shall
include an assessment of—
(1) the digital security, national security, and economic
opportunities associated with a covered cable;
(2) the security of telecommunications between the
contiguous United States and the continent of Africa as of
the date of the report;
(3) the potential for engagement with trusted entities in
the deployment of a covered cable, and the associated
geopolitical and economic advantages;
(4) the potential connectivity opportunities to maximize
investments in the United States economy through the use of a
covered cable;
(5) the state of submarine fiber optic cables connected to
United States telecommunications infrastructure; and
(6) any other related matters the Director determines are
appropriate.
(d) No Mandatory Data Collection.—The Director may not
require any entity to provide data for purposes of preparing
the report required by subsection (b).
(e) Form.—The report required by subsection (b) shall be
submitted in unclassified form without any designation
relating to dissemination control, but may include a
classified annex.