Sec. 1077. Assessment of undersea cable repair contingencies
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission and other relevant agencies, shall submit to Congress an assessment on the ability and preparedness of the USNS Zeus and the Cable Security Fleet to repair transoceanic submarine fiber optic cables that may be damaged or cut by adversaries. The assessment under subsection
(a)shall include— a description of preparedness to address a situation in which the cables of partner nations in both the Pacific and Atlantic ocean are damaged or severed at or around the same time; a determination as to how long it would take for the Cable Security Fleet in coordination with partner nations to repair such cables; and the options available to provide connectivity in an emergency or crisis caused by or related to the damaging or severing of such cables.