House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act
Official title: To enhance the security, resilience, and protection of critical undersea infrastructure 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Lawler R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 2, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 2, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8177.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 61, April 2, 2026, Page H2821):Article I Section 8 Clause 18 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8177, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8177
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Young Kim (R-CA), Dave Min (D-CA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 9436 (119th) Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.