Senator Curtis introduced the Taiwan Undersea Cable Resilience Initiative Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting Taiwan's critical communications infrastructure and deterring malicious 'gray zone' activities by the PRC. The bill focuses on enhancing the resilience of Taiwan's undersea communication cables.
I will support legislation to enhance the resilience of Taiwan's undersea communication cables and deter malicious activities by the People's Republic of China.
Occurrences
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has developed and advanced bipartisan legislation mandating crippling sanctions against China in the event of aggression against Taiwan, protecting the subsea cables that the island relies on to communicate with the world
Sponsor: Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (Introduced 07/09/2025).
Mr. Curtis (for himself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations... Full Title To enhance the security, resilience, and protection of undersea communication cables vital to Taiwan’s national security, economic stability, and defense, particularly in countering gray zone tactics employed by the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
Evidence
Sponsor: Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (Introduced 07/09/2025). Latest Action: Senate - 02/10/2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 323. Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title.
Mr. Curtis (for himself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Full Title: To enhance the security, resilience, and protection of undersea communication cables vital to Taiwan’s national security, economic stability, and defense, particularly in countering gray zone tactics employed by the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
The committee's May 11 op-ed says the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has developed and advanced bipartisan legislation protecting the subsea cables Taiwan relies on, while noting the proposals are not yet law.
The January 29 Senate Foreign Relations Committee readout lists S.2222, the Taiwan Undersea Cable Resilience Initiative Act, among the bills passed out of committee.
GovInfo bill text identifies S.2222 as introduced by Mr. Curtis for himself and Ms. Rosen on July 9, 2025, and describes the bill as enhancing the security, resilience, and protection of Taiwan-related undersea communication cables against PRC gray-zone tactics.
The bill would establish a Taiwan Undersea Cable Resilience Initiative prioritizing protection of cables near Taiwan, monitoring, rapid response, maritime awareness, cable hardening, and sanctions for PRC persons responsible for damaging Taiwan-critical cables.
Congress.gov lists Sen. John R. Curtis as sponsor of S.2222, introduced July 9, 2025. Its latest action is favorable ordering to be reported by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 29, 2026; the tracker still shows the bill at the introduced stage, not enacted.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee readout says members passed ten pieces of legislation out of committee and lists S.2222, the Taiwan Undersea Cable Resilience Initiative Act, with Curtis and Rosen named in parentheses.
In a May 11, 2026 Senate Foreign Relations Committee posting, Curtis and Shaheen state that the committee had developed and advanced bipartisan legislation protecting Taiwan's subsea cables, while explicitly noting those proposals were not yet law.
Assessments
The promise was framed as supporting legislation, not necessarily securing enactment. Curtis introduced S.2222, the Taiwan Undersea Cable Resilience Initiative Act, in July 2025 with provisions directly aimed at Taiwan undersea cable resilience and deterring PRC gray-zone activity, and the bill advanced out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his Senate term. The evidence also shows the proposal was not yet law, but that does not defeat this specific support-legislation promise.
Curtis directly sponsored and helped advance S.2222, a bill matching the promise’s subject matter, so he clearly supported the effort in his current Senate term. But the legislation was only reported out of committee and placed on the calendar, not enacted, so the promised policy result was not fully delivered.
Curtis did what the promise called for: he sponsored S.2222 on Taiwan undersea cable resilience and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced it in his current term. The commitment was to support legislation, not necessarily to enact it into law, so his sponsorship and committee advancement satisfy the promise even though the bill was not yet enacted.
The promise was to support legislation, not necessarily to secure enactment. Curtis directly sponsored S.2222 in the 119th Congress, a bill specifically aimed at enhancing the security and resilience of Taiwan's undersea communication cables and countering PRC gray-zone tactics. The bill was introduced on July 9, 2025 and later reported out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar on February 10, 2026. Because he materially advanced matching legislation during his current Senate term, the support-legislation promise is fulfilled, even though the underlying policy has not yet become law.