S 5359 118th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

A bill to amend the National Marine Sanctuary Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national…

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A bill to amend the National Marine Sanctuary Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, 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.

Introduced: November 20, 2024 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Nov 20, 2024

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5359 — A bill to amend the National Marine Sanctuary Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, 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.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5359/

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"S. 5359 — A bill to amend the National Marine Sanctuary Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, 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.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5359/.

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S. 5359, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5359/.

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[S. 5359 — A bill to amend the National Marine Sanctuary Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5359/)