Arctic Watchers Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2000 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2000 To establish a program to monitor the Arctic region, promote United States interests in that region, and combat Russian, Chinese, and other foreign malign influence in the region. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2025 Mr. Keating (for himself, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Huizenga, and Mr. Amodei of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a program to monitor the Arctic region, promote United States interests in that region, and combat Russian, Chinese, and other foreign malign influence in the region. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Arctic Watchers Act''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the Arctic region is a critical region for United States national security which presents both risks and opportunities for United States security, economic, natural resource, cyber, and geopolitical interests around the world; and (2) the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation seek to undermine United States interests in that region and it is incumbent upon the United States to counter Chinese and Russian influence in all sectors in the region. SEC. 3. ARCTIC WATCHER PROGRAM. (a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish and carry out a program in the Department of State, to be known as the ``Arctic Watcher Program'', to-- (1) monitor the Arctic region across the security, military, economic, natural resource, cyber, scientific, and political sectors in foreign count