2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB261: Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025
Legislative Summary
To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, continued presence, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a Federal or State agency.
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Bill History
1/9/2025
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
1/9/2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
House of Representatives
1/23/2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
House of Representatives
6/25/2025
Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
House of Representatives
6/25/2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
House of Representatives
6/25/2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.
House of Representatives
7/2/2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-181.
House of Representatives
7/2/2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 146.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/9/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
