Undersea cables, policing and minerals bills

Members take up four bills for votes on undersea cable protection, police de-escalation, critical minerals supply, and tax modernization.

Mon, Feb 9 · 4:00 PM – 6:45 PM ET · Capitol H-313Capitol, Room H-313Chair Virginia Foxx R-NC-5Ranking Jim McGovern D-MA-2

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4Bills on the agenda—Results not posted yet

Bill by bill

H.R. 261 · SPONSOR BUDDY CARTER R-GA-1 (NOT ON COMMITTEE)

Limit sanctuary permit requirements for cables: The Secretary of Commerce could not prohibit or require a permit or other authorization for installing, operating, maintaining, repairing, recovering, or keeping an undersea fiber-optic cable in a national marine sanctuary if an active federal or state license, lease, or permit authorizes that activity
Keep interagency cooperation requirements: The change would not alter existing requirements for federal agencies to cooperate on actions covered by section 304(d) that involve undersea cables in a national marine sanctuary
Remove two special-use permit restrictions: The bill would remove paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 310(c) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act and renumber the remaining paragraph. The text does not specify the former requirements in those paragraphs

What’s next: Passed the House. Next step: the Senate.

RESULTS NOT POSTED YET

READERS · GOOD CALL OR BAD CALL?

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Ordered reported: The committee voted to send the bill to the full House or Senate. It still needs a floor vote.
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Not agreed to: The amendment failed.
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