Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Florida News

Brian Mast Introduces Undersea Cable Control Act to Limit China’s Reach

U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., is championing a proposal “to limit China’s economic and military reach to vital undersea cables.”

Mast introduced the “Undersea Cable Control Act” at the end of last week with U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, D-NJ, co-sponsoring the proposal.

“The Undersea Cable Control Act would require the Biden administration to develop a strategy to limit foreign adversaries like China from accessing goods and technologies capable of supporting undersea cables and establishing agreements with allies and partners to do the same,” Mast’s office noted. “In 2019 alone, the undersea cables industry added nearly $649 billion to the U.S. economy. The American financial sector relies heavily on these cables; they support over $10 trillion in daily transactions. This legislation invokes the Export Control Reform Act – specifically Section 1752 – to restrict the export of items that could prove detrimental to the national security and the economy of the United States. The goal of the legislation is to protect this key economic infrastructure from foreign adversaries, like China.”

“China under Xi Jinping has one goal: override the United States and make China the global superpower,” said Mast. “The spy balloon incident has shown the world that communist China will do anything to achieve that goal, even blatantly violate the sovereignty of the U.S.. By preventing our adversaries like China from accessing our undersea cables, we can protect a crucial infrastructure system that Americans rely on every day.”

“It is apparent now more than ever that to defend our nation from global threats, we must incorporate digital infrastructure in our national security strategy,” said Kim. “By urging the State Department to prioritize undersea cable security, we are protecting American innovation and the resources used to power the global economy and internet. I am committed to working across the aisle and finding tactical, sensible approaches like this one to address the emerging challenges we face today and will face in the future.”

The bill was sent to the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee. So far, there is no companion measure over in the U.S. Senate.

Author

  • Kevin Derby

    Originally from Jacksonville, Kevin Derby is a contributing writer for Florida Daily and covers politics across Florida.

    View all posts

Written By

Originally from Jacksonville, Kevin Derby is a contributing writer for Florida Daily and covers politics across Florida.

Archives

Related Articles

Political News

Florida Congressman Cory Mills (R), was appointed to Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Intelligence. Mills, a military veteran who represents Florida’s...

Political News

Florida Senator Rick Scott announced the Senate passage of his Fishery Improvement to Streamline Untimely Regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act (FISHES Act). The bill...

Florida Government & Politics

The Institute for Legislative Analysis (ILA) just released the voting trends on Florida U.S Congressional members. Their latest analysis found that “culture war” issues...

Florida News

Last week, two members of the Florida congressional delegation reviewed their actions in 2023. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., noted that her office “worked...

Advertisement
Florida Daily
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

HOW WE COLLECT E-MAIL INFORMATION:

If you sign up to subscribe to Florida Daily’s e-mail newsletter, you will provide us your e-mail address and name, voluntarily, and we will never obtain any of your contact information that you don’t voluntarily provide.

HOW WE USE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS IF YOU VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE IT TO US:

If you voluntarily provide us with your name and email address, we will use it to send you one email update per weekday. Your email address will not be given to any third parties.

YOUR CONTROLS:

You will have the option to unsubscribe to our E-mail update at anytime by clicking an unsubscribe link that will be provided in each E-Mail we send.