House to Vote on Studying US-Africa Undersea Cable Connection

The House is set to vote as soon as Monday night on 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 House previously passed the measure during the last Congress as the DiasporaLink Act. The House Commerce Committee advanced HR-1737 in March (see 2503040063).