[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2053. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Rubio, 
Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Hagerty) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 
1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in 
the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle A of title II of division C, add 
     the following:

     SEC. 3219L. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORD 
                   STREAM 2.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 15 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall--
       (1) impose sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to--
       (A) Nord Stream 2 AG or a successor entity;
       (B) Matthias Warnig; and
       (C) any other corporate officer of or principal shareholder 
     with a controlling interest in Nord Stream 2 AG or a 
     successor entity; and
       (2) impose sanctions under subsection (c) with respect to--
       (A) Nord Stream 2 AG or a successor entity; and
       (B) Matthias Warnig.
       (b) Ineligibility for Visas, Admission, or Parole of 
     Identified Persons and Corporate Officers.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien described in 
     subsection (a)(1) is--
       (i) inadmissible to the United States;
       (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to 
     enter the United States; and
       (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into 
     the United States or to receive any other benefit under the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
       (B) Current visas revoked.--
       (i) In general.--The visa or other entry documentation of 
     an alien described in subsection (a)(1) shall be revoked, 
     regardless of when such visa or other entry documentation is 
     or was issued.
       (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under clause (i) 
     shall--

       (I) take effect immediately; and
       (II) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry 
     documentation that is in the alien's possession.

       (c) Blocking of Property of Identified Persons.--The 
     President shall exercise all powers granted to the President 
     by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 
     all transactions in all property and interests in property of 
     a person described in subsection (a)(2) if such property and 
     interests in property are in the United States, come within 
     the United States, or are or come within the possession or 
     control of a United States person.
       (d) Implementation; Penalties.--
       (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
     authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 
     205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
     U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section.
       (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 
     section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 
     out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
     in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) 
     to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act 
     described in subsection (a) of that section.
       (e) Exceptions.--
       (1) Exception for intelligence, law enforcement, and 
     national security activities.--Sanctions under this section 
     shall not apply to any authorized intelligence, law 
     enforcement, or national security activities of the United 
     States.
       (2) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
     agreement.--Sanctions under this section shall not apply with 
     respect to the admission of an alien to the United States if 
     the admission of the alien is necessary to permit the United 
     States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
     Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success 
     June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 
     between the United Nations and the United States, the 
     Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 
     1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or other 
     applicable international obligations.
       (3) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this section, the authorities and requirements to impose 
     sanctions authorized under this section shall not include the 
     authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the 
     importation of goods.
       (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' 
     means any article, natural or man-made substance, material, 
     supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test 
     equipment, and excluding technical data.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Admission; admitted; alien.--The terms ``admission'' , 
     ``admitted'' , and ``alien'' have the meanings given those 
     terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101).
       (2) United states person.--The term `` United States 
     person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence to the United States;
       (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a 
     foreign branch of such an entity; or
       (C) any person within the United States.
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