3.0.0 3897 2023-01-11T13:46:17Z 2023-01-11T13:46:17Z Senate S 2020-06-04 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-04T19:18:39Z Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020 116 7361 HR 2020-06-25 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. Related bill CRS 2020-06-04 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-06-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-06-04 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2020-06-04 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2020-06-04 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2020-06-04 True International Affairs Asia Congressional oversight Europe Foreign and international corporations Foreign property Germany Insurance industry and regulation Oil and gas Pipelines Russia Sanctions Turkey Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2020-06-04 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-09T20:11:01Z Protecting Europe's Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020

This bill expands existing sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that engage in certain activities relating to the construction of the Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream energy pipelines.

Current law generally imposes visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that knowingly took actions such as selling or leasing vessels that engaged in pipe laying related to the pipelines. Under this bill, the President shall also impose sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that engage in other specified activities, such as (1) providing underwriting services or insurance for such vessels, (2) installing welding equipment for such vessels, or (3) providing testing or inspection services for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

]]> Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020 Display Title Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to clarify and expand sanctions applicable with respect to the construction of the Nord Stream 2 or TurkStream pipeline projects. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3897is/xml/BILLS-116s3897is.xml 2020-06-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.