S 2873

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• Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN)

1. Sep 18, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
2. Sep 18, 2025 Introduced in Senate

• HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 (Identical bill)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

• HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
• HR 4779 — National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
• HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 2 subjects)
• HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 1 subject)
• HR 2913 — Ukraine Support Act (shares 1 subject)
• HR 2406 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2025 (shares 1 subject)
• HR 6893 — Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act (shares 1 subject)
• S 1146 — Cameras in the Courtroom Act (shares 1 subject)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

• HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 · Passed House Feb 12, 2026 · Cong. 119 92%
• S 3249 — Strategic Subsea Cables Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 10, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
• HRES 1042 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 261) to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, continued presence, 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; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3617) to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. · Passed House Feb 10, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%
• S 2222 — Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act · Introduced Feb 10, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%
• HR 8177 — Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act · Introduced Apr 2, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%
• S 4758 — Incentivizing the Expansion of U.S. Ports Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 59%