Strengthening Security and Resilience of International Subsea Fiber-Optic Cables
This Act aims to protect the global internet backbone—subsea fiber-optic cables—from damage and malicious threats. It introduces sanctions against foreign entities responsible for destruction and establishes a new government committee to streamline coordination and accelerate repairs. For citizens, this means greater stability and reliability of daily internet access and digital services.
Key points
Imposing sanctions (asset blocking, visa denial) on foreign entities intentionally damaging subsea cables, aiming to safeguard the global internet infrastructure.
Establishing an interagency committee to improve government coordination, speed up permitting for cable installation and repair, and enhance resilience.
Strengthening information sharing regarding threats between the government and private cable operators to proactively prevent outages and attacks.
Introduced
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