House Passes Bill to Study US-Africa Undersea Cable Link
The House on Monday passed by voice vote HR-1737, which would direct NTIA to submit a report to Congress on the feasibility of developing a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber cable connecting the U.S., the U.S. Virgin Islands, Ghana and Nigeria. The…
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House previously cleared the measure during the last Congress as the DiasporaLink Act. The House Commerce Committee advanced HR-1737 in March (see 2503040063). House Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., hailed passage of HR-1737 and seven other bills.