United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Congress House of Representatives author aut Government Organization text government publication eng CRPT Congressional Committee Materials 119_cong_reports legislative 2025-07-04 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2025-07-02 monographic deposited born digital 13 digital object pages Y 1.1/8:119-181 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CRPT-119hrpt181 P0b002ee1d4b6b3d5 001454888 f:hr181.119.txt DGPO 2025-07-04 2025-07-04 CRPT-119hrpt181 machine generated eng fdlp Report together with DISSENTING VIEWS to accompany H.R. 261 HRPT CRPT-119hrpt181 HOUSE 119 181 1 false true https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CRPT-119hrpt181 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-119hrpt181/html/CRPT-119hrpt181.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-119hrpt181/pdf/CRPT-119hrpt181.pdf H. Rept. 119-181 The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 261) 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, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. UNDERSEA CABLE PROTECTION ACT OF 2025;H. Rept. 119-181 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed FIRSTPART CRPT-119hrpt181 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 1 Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 261) 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, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. Mr. Westerman, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following Committee on Natural Resources Natural Resources Mr. Westerman Bruce Westerman Westerman, Bruce

H.R. 261, 119th Bruce Westerman United States House of Representatives sponsor spn United States Congress Member United States Congress House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources associated name asn Government Organization H.R. 261 119 OTHER H.R. 261 119 PRIMARY Title 16 Section 1431et seq. Title 16 Section 1441(c) Title 16 Section 1441(c)(3) 16 U.S.C. 1431et seq. 16 U.S.C. 1441(c) 16 U.S.C. 1441(c)(3) Public Law 95-220 Public Law No 95-220 Public Law 98-169 Public Law No 98-169 Public Law 111-139 Public Law No 111-139