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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3897 

To clarify and expand sanctions applicable with respect to the construction 

of the Nord Stream 2 or TurkStream pipeline projects. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 4, 2020 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. COTTON, and Mr. 

JOHNSON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To clarify and expand sanctions applicable with respect to 

the construction of the Nord Stream 2 or TurkStream 

pipeline projects. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Europe’s 

5 Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS 

2 RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION OF NORD 

3 STREAM 2 OR TURKSTREAM PIPELINE 

4 PROJECTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 7503 

6 of the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019 

7 (title LXXV of Public Law 116–92) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or pipe9 laying activities’’ after ‘‘pipe-laying’’; and 

10 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

11 (A) in clause (i)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘sold, leased, or pro13 vided’’ and inserting ‘‘facilitated selling, 

14 leasing, or providing’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 

16 semicolon; 

17 (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(iii) provided underwriting services 

21 or insurance or reinsurance for those ves22 sels; 

23 ‘‘(iv) provided services or facilities for 

24 technology upgrades or installation of 

25 welding equipment for, or retrofitting or 

26 tethering of, those vessels; or 


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1 ‘‘(v) provided services for the testing, 

2 inspection, or certification necessary for, or 

3 associated with the operation of, the Nord 

4 Stream 2 pipeline.’’. 

5 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (i) of such section is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para8 graph (6); and 

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(5) PIPE-LAYING ACTIVITIES.—The term 

12 ‘pipe-laying activities’ means activities that facilitate 

13 pipe-laying, including site preparation, trenching, 

14 surveying, placing rocks, stringing, bending, welding, 

15 coating, lowering of pipe, and backfilling.’’. 

16 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

18 this section take effect on the date of the enactment 

19 of the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 

20 2019. 

21 (2) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 

22 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

23 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec24 retary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appro25 priate congressional committees, as defined in subVerDate Sep 11 2014 17:48 Jun 20, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3897.IS S3897

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1 section (i) of section 7503 of the Protecting Eu2 rope’s Energy Security Act of 2019, a report on the 

3 matters required by subsection (a) of that section, as 

4 amended by this section, for the period beginning on 

5 the date of the enactment of that Act and ending on 

6 the date on which the report is submitted. 

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