S. 3249 · 119th Congress

Strategic Subsea Cables Act of 2026

Introduced on Nov 20, 2025 by Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). 8 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 10, 2026): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 327.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Nov 20, 2025
Cosponsors
8
4 from the other party
Policy area
International Affairs
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to enhance United States Government strategic coordination of the security, installation, maintenance, and repair of international subsea fiber-optic cables.

Subjects

  • Asia
  • Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
  • China
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Congressional oversight
  • Crimes against property
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Europe
  • Foreign property
  • Infrastructure development
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Marine and inland water transportation
  • Pipelines
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Russia
  • Sanctions
  • Telephone and wireless communication
  • Visas and passports

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jeanne ShaheenD-NHSponsor

Democrats · 4

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Nov 20, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Nov 20, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  3. Jan 29, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Feb 10, 2026Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. Feb 10, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. Feb 10, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 327.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. NEC Corporation of America3 reports
    $255K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NEC CORPORATION OF AMERICAAI match · 100%
  2. FDD Action1 report
    $240K reported (all issues)
  3. META PLATFORMS, INC.1 report
    $6M reported (all issues)
  4. MICROSOFT CORPORATION1 report
    $2.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MICROSOFT CORPORATION$444.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.