HR 1737
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.
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.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Del. Stacey E. Plaskett [D-VI-At Large]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Introduced
- 2025-02-27
- Latest action
- 2025-06-24: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-06-24: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2025-06-23: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-06-23: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2847)
- 2025-06-23: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2847)
- 2025-06-23: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1737.