[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2802-S2803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 698. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Menendez) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES 
                   RELATED TO UNDERSEA CABLES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 3 
     years, the President, acting through the Secretary of 
     Commerce and with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report on the availability of goods and technologies capable 
     of supporting undersea cables.
       (b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required under 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) An identification of goods and technologies capable of 
     supporting the construction, maintenance, or operation of an 
     undersea cable project.
       (2) An identification of United States and multilateral 
     export controls and licensing policies for goods and 
     technologies identified pursuant to paragraph (1) with 
     respect to foreign adversaries.
       (3) An identification of allies and partners of the United 
     States that have a share of the global market with respect to 
     the goods and technologies so identified, including a 
     detailed description of the availability of those goods and 
     technologies without restriction in sufficient quantities and 
     comparable in quality to those produced in the United States.
       (4) A description of ongoing negotiations with other 
     countries to achieve unified export controls and licensing 
     policies for goods and technologies so identified.
       (5) An identification of all entities under the control, 
     ownership, or influence of a foreign adversary that support 
     the construction, operation, or maintenance of undersea 
     cables.
       (6) A description of efforts taken to promote United States 
     leadership at international standards-setting bodies for 
     equipment, systems, software, and virtually defined networks 
     relevant to undersea cables, taking into account the 
     different processes followed by those bodies.
       (7) A description of the presence and activities of foreign 
     adversaries at international standards-setting bodies 
     relevant to undersea cables, including information on the 
     differences in the scope and scale of the engagement of 
     foreign adversaries at those bodies compared to engagement at 
     those bodies by the United States and allies and partners of 
     the United States, and the security risks raised by the 
     proposals of foreign adversaries at those bodies.
       (c) Form.--Each report required under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a 
     classified annex.

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       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Foreign adversary.--The term ``foreign adversary''--
       (A) has the meaning given that term in section 8(c) of the 
     Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 
     U.S.C. 1607(c)); and
       (B) includes the People's Republic of China.
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