Our bill mandates tough penalties against individuals and vessels who attack these undersea cables. The penalties include blocking violators from our markets and revoking their US Visas. Our bill also has America deploy more resources to secure and repair underseas cables. At the same time, it requires a report to Congress in six months, specifically on what Russia is doing and what China is doing in terms of sabotaging the undersea cables. (04:15–04:23)
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Asserts that the bill proposes increased resources for securing and repairing undersea cables.
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