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H.R. 3479 119th Congress House

SECURE American Telecommunications Act

Official title: To improve the licensing and security of submarine and cross-border terrestrial telecommunications cables, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 19, 2025 Introduced by: Rudy Yakym III Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 19, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3479: SECURE American Telecommunications Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3479/
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"H.R. 3479: SECURE American Telecommunications Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3479/.
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H.R. 3479, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3479/.
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[H.R. 3479: SECURE American Telecommunications Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3479/)
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