[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3397-S3398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1886. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
Johnson, and Mr. Cotton) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and

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for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1242. CLARIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS RELATING 
                   TO CONSTRUCTION OF NORD STREAM 2 OR TURKSTREAM 
                   PIPELINE PROJECTS.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 7503 of the 
     Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act of 2019 (title LXXV 
     of Public Law 116-92) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or pipe-laying 
     activities'' after ``pipe-laying''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) in clause (i)--
       (i) by inserting ``, or facilitated selling, leasing, or 
     providing,'' after ``provided''; and
       (ii) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iii) provided underwriting services or insurance or 
     reinsurance for those vessels;
       ``(iv) provided services or facilities for technology 
     upgrades or installation of welding equipment for, or 
     retrofitting or tethering of, those vessels; or
       ``(v) provided services for the testing, inspection, or 
     certification necessary for, or associated with the operation 
     of, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.''.
       (b) Definitions.--Subsection (i) of such section is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
       ``(5) Pipe-laying activities.--The term `pipe-laying 
     activities' means activities that facilitate pipe-laying, 
     including site preparation, trenching, surveying, placing 
     rocks, backfilling, stringing, bending, welding, coating, and 
     lowering of pipe.''.
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