US SB3897 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on June 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020
Sponsors
Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX] | Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH] | Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY] | Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR] |
Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-06-04 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
Same As/Similar To
HB7361 (Related) 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.
Subjects
Asia
Congressional oversight
Europe
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign property
Germany
Insurance industry and regulation
International affairs
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Russia
Sanctions
Turkey
Visas and passports
Congressional oversight
Europe
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign property
Germany
Insurance industry and regulation
International affairs
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Russia
Sanctions
Turkey
Visas and passports
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3897/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3897/BILLS-116s3897is.pdf |