Sec. 403. Cable security fleet
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Section 53206(a)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking equal to $5,000,000 for each fiscal year 2021 through 2035 and inserting equal to— $6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 and 2026; $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 and 2028; $9,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2029 and 2030; $10,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2031 and 2032; and $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2033 and 2034. . Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Maritime Administrator, the Federal Communications Commission, and other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an assessment on the ability and preparedness of the USNS Zeus and the Cable Security Fleet under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, to repair transoceanic submarine fiber optic cables that may be damaged or cut by adversaries.
The assessment under paragraph
(1)shall include— a description of preparedness to address a situation in which the cables of partner countries in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans 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 countries, 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. Section 53209 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— by striking section 53206, $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2035. ; and inserting the following: section 53206— $13,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 and 2026; $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 and 2028; $19,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2029 and 2030; $21,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2031 and 2032; and $24,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2033 and 2034. .