HR1737Passed House
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress 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.
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-02-27
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Stacey E. Plaskett
Democrat · VI · Representative
Votes with party: 97.6% (42 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (1)
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2025-06-24
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2025-06-24
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReported By · 2025-06-12
Previously
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMarkup By · 2025-03-04
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-02-27
Plain-English Summary
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to submit a report to Congress that assesses the feasibility, value, cost, and security implications of a submarine fiber optic cable to connect the contiguous United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria. The report must include, among other topics, an assessment of the potential establishment of a data center and high-security cloud services facility in the U.S. Virgin Islands for certain national security communications.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Science, Technology, Communications
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