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[S. 1830 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 334
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1830

 To enhance the security of the United States and its allies, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2019

  Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Daines, Mr. Perdue, Mr. 
   Cotton, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
 Kennedy, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Braun, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
Isakson, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Cruz) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

                           December 17, 2019

                Reported by Mr. Risch, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To enhance the security of the United States and its allies, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Security Cooperation 
with Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2019''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    It is the policy of the United States--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) to reduce the dependency of allies and 
        partners of the United States on Russian energy resources, 
        especially natural gas, in order for those countries to achieve 
        lasting and dependable energy security;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to condemn the Government of the Russian 
        Federation for, and to deter that government from, using its 
        energy resources as a geopolitical weapon to coerce, 
        intimidate, and influence other countries;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) to improve energy security in Europe by 
        increasing access to diverse, reliable, and affordable 
        energy;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) to promote energy security in Europe by 
        working with the European Union and other allies of the United 
        States to develop liberalized energy markets that provide 
        diversified energy sources, suppliers, and routes;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) to continue to strongly oppose the Nord Stream 
        2 pipeline based on its detrimental effects on the energy 
        security of the European Union and the economy of Ukraine and 
        other countries in Central Europe through which natural gas is 
        transported; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) to support countries that are allies or 
        partners of the United States by expediting the export of 
        energy resources from the United States.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The President should direct the United States Permanent 
Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(in this Act referred to as ``NATO'') to use the voice and influence of 
the United States to encourage NATO member countries to work together 
to achieve energy security for those countries and countries in Europe 
and Eurasia that are partners of NATO.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY STRATEGY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
the United States and other NATO member countries should explore ways 
to ensure that NATO member countries diversify their energy supplies 
and routes in order to enhance their energy security, including through 
the development of a transatlantic energy strategy.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Transatlantic Energy Strategy.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
        coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
        for International Development and the Secretary of Energy, 
        shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
        transatlantic energy strategy for the United States--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to enhance the energy security of NATO 
                member countries and countries that are partners of 
                NATO; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to increase exports of energy from the 
                United States to such countries.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Appropriate congressional committees 
        defined.--In this subsection, the term ``appropriate 
        congressional committees'' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
                the Senate; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
                the House of Representatives.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS TO 
              UNITED STATES ALLIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 
U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``For 
        purposes'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``nation with which there is in 
        effect a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for 
        trade in natural gas'' and inserting ``foreign country 
        described in paragraph (2)''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) A foreign country described in this paragraph is--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(A) a nation with which there is in effect a 
        free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade in 
        natural gas;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) a member country of the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(C) subject to paragraph (3), Japan; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(D) any other foreign country if the Secretary 
        of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
        determines that exportation of natural gas to that foreign 
        country would promote the national security interests of the 
        United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(3) The exportation of natural gas to Japan shall be 
deemed to be consistent with the public interest pursuant to paragraph 
(1), and applications for such exportation shall be granted without 
modification or delay under that paragraph, during only such period as 
the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, signed at Washington 
January 19, 1960, and entered into force June 23, 1960 (11 UST 1632; 
TIAS 4509), between the United States and Japan, remains in 
effect.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to applications for the authorization to 
export natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 
717b) that are pending on, or filed on or after, the date of the 
enactment of this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 6. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
              PIPELINES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The President shall impose five or more 
of the sanctions described in section 235 of the Countering America's 
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9529) with respect to a 
person if the President determines that the person knowingly, on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, makes an investment 
described in subsection (b) or sells, leases, or provides to the 
Government of the Russian Federation, or to any entity owned or 
controlled by that government, for the construction of Russian energy 
export pipelines, goods, services, technology, information, or support 
described in subsection (c)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) any of which has a fair market value of 
        $1,000,000 or more; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) that, during a 12-month period, have an 
        aggregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Investment Described.--An investment described in this 
subsection is any contribution of assets, including a loan guarantee or 
any other transfer of value, that directly and significantly 
contributes to the enhancement of the ability of the Government of the 
Russian Federation, or any entity owned or controlled by that 
government, to construct energy export pipelines.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Goods, Services, Technology, Information, or Support 
Described.--Goods, services, technology, information, or support 
described in this subsection are goods, services, technology, 
information, or support that could directly and significantly 
facilitate the maintenance or expansion of the construction, 
modernization, or repair of energy export pipelines by the Government 
of the Russian Federation or any entity owned or controlled by that 
government.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Presidential Waiver Authority and Notice to 
Congress.--The President may waive the application of sanctions under 
this section for a period of not more than 90 days, and may renew such 
a waiver for additional periods of not more than 90 days each, if, not 
less than 15 days before the waiver or the renewal of the waiver takes 
effect, the President--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) determines that the waiver is in the national 
        security interests of the United States; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) submits to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
        of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
        of Representatives a notification of, and written justification 
        for, the waiver.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Exception for Importation of Goods.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The authority to impose sanctions 
        under subsection (a) shall not include the authority to impose 
        sanctions with respect to the importation of goods.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Good defined.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``good'' means any article, natural or manmade substance, 
        material, supply or manufactured product, including inspection 
        and test equipment, and excluding technical data.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Security Cooperation with 
Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States--
            (1) to reduce the dependency of allies and partners of the 
        United States on Russian energy resources, especially natural 
        gas, in order for those countries to achieve lasting and 
        dependable energy security;
            (2) to condemn the Government of the Russian Federation 
        for, and to deter that government from, using its energy 
        resources as a geopolitical weapon to coerce, intimidate, and 
        influence other countries;
            (3) to improve energy security in Europe by increasing 
        access to diverse, reliable, and affordable energy;
            (4) to promote energy security in Europe by working with 
        the European Union and other allies of the United States to 
        develop liberalized energy markets that provide diversified 
        energy sources, suppliers, and routes;
            (5) to continue to strongly oppose the Nord Stream 2 
        pipeline based on its detrimental effects on the energy 
        security of the European Union and the economy of Ukraine and 
        other countries in Central Europe through which natural gas is 
        transported; and
            (6) to support countries that are allies or partners of the 
        United States by expediting the export of energy resources from 
        the United States.

SEC. 3. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION.

    The President should direct the United States Permanent 
Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(in this Act referred to as ``NATO'') to use the voice and influence of 
the United States to encourage NATO member countries to work together 
to achieve energy security for those countries and countries in Europe 
and Eurasia that are partners of NATO.

SEC. 4. TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY STRATEGY.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the United 
States and other NATO member countries should explore ways to ensure 
that NATO member countries diversify their energy supplies and routes 
in order to enhance their energy security, including through the 
development of a transatlantic energy strategy.
    (b) Transatlantic Energy Strategy.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
        coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
        for International Development and the Secretary of Energy, 
        shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
        transatlantic energy strategy for the United States--
                    (A) to enhance the energy security of NATO member 
                countries and countries that are partners of NATO; and
                    (B) to increase exports of energy, energy 
                technologies, and energy development services from the 
                United States to such countries.
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives.

SEC. 5. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS TO UNITED 
              STATES ALLIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 
717b(c)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``For purposes'';
            (2) by striking ``nation with which there is in effect a 
        free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade in 
        natural gas'' and inserting ``foreign country described in 
        paragraph (2)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) A foreign country described in this paragraph is--
            ``(A) a nation with which there is in effect a free trade 
        agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural 
        gas;
            ``(B) a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization;
            ``(C) subject to paragraph (3), Japan; and
            ``(D) any other foreign country if the Secretary of State, 
        in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, determines that 
        exportation of natural gas to that foreign country would 
        promote the national security interests of the United States.
    ``(3) The exportation of natural gas to Japan shall be deemed to be 
consistent with the public interest pursuant to paragraph (1), and 
applications for such exportation shall be granted without modification 
or delay under that paragraph, during only such period as the Treaty of 
Mutual Cooperation and Security, signed at Washington January 19, 1960, 
and entered into force June 23, 1960 (11 UST 1632; TIAS 4509), between 
the United States and Japan, remains in effect.
    ``(4) Nothing in this section may be construed--
            ``(A) to authorize the use of eminent domain to seize land 
        or land rights; or
            ``(B) to waive any requirement under--
                    ``(i) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
                1531 et seq.);
                    ``(ii) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
                U.S.C. 1251 et seq.);
                    ``(iii) the National Environmental Policy Act of 
                1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or
                    ``(iv) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
                seq.).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to applications for the authorization to export 
natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) 
that are pending on, or filed on or after, the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
                                                       Calendar No. 334

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1830

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To enhance the security of the United States and its allies, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 17, 2019

                       Reported with an amendment