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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1830 

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

purposes. 

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, and Mr. BRAUN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To enhance the security of the United States and its allies, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Energy Security Co5 operation with Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

7 It is the policy of the United States— 

8 (1) to reduce the dependency of allies and part9 ners of the United States on Russian energy reVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Jun 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1830.IS S1830

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1 sources, especially natural gas, in order for those 

2 countries to achieve lasting and dependable energy 

3 security; 

4 (2) to condemn the Government of the Russian 

5 Federation for, and to deter that government from, 

6 using its energy resources as a geopolitical weapon 

7 to coerce, intimidate, and influence other countries; 

8 (3) to improve energy security in Europe by in9 creasing access to diverse, reliable, and affordable 

10 energy; 

11 (4) to promote energy security in Europe by 

12 working with the European Union and other allies of 

13 the United States to develop liberalized energy mar14 kets that provide diversified energy sources, sup15 pliers, and routes; 

16 (5) to continue to strongly oppose the Nord 

17 Stream 2 pipeline based on its detrimental effects on 

18 the energy security of the European Union and the 

19 economy of Ukraine and other countries in Central 

20 Europe through which natural gas is transported; 

21 and 

22 (6) to support countries that are allies or part23 ners of the United States by expediting the export 

24 of energy resources from the United States. 


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1 SEC. 3. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION. 

2 The President should direct the United States Per3 manent Representative on the Council of the North Atlan4 tic Treaty Organization (in this Act referred to as 

5 ‘‘NATO’’) to use the voice and influence of the United 

6 States to encourage NATO member countries to work to7 gether to achieve energy security for those countries and 

8 countries in Europe and Eurasia that are partners of 

9 NATO. 

10 SEC. 4. TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY STRATEGY. 

11 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that the United States and other NATO member 

13 countries should explore ways to ensure that NATO mem14 ber countries diversify their energy supplies and routes in 

15 order to enhance their energy security, including through 

16 the development of a transatlantic energy strategy. 

17 (b) TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY STRATEGY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec20 retary of State, in coordination with the Adminis21 trator of the United States Agency for International 

22 Development and the Secretary of Energy, shall sub23 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

24 transatlantic energy strategy for the United 

25 States— 


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1 (A) to enhance the energy security of 

2 NATO member countries and countries that are 

3 partners of NATO; and 

4 (B) to increase exports of energy from the 

5 United States to such countries. 

6 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap8 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

9 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

10 the Senate; and 

11 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

12 the House of Representatives. 

13 SEC. 5. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NAT14 URAL GAS TO UNITED STATES ALLIES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas 

16 Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended— 

17 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘For purposes’’; 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘nation with which there is in 

19 effect a free trade agreement requiring national 

20 treatment for trade in natural gas’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘foreign country described in paragraph (2)’’; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) A foreign country described in this paragraph 

24 is— 


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1 ‘‘(A) a nation with which there is in effect a 

2 free trade agreement requiring national treatment 

3 for trade in natural gas; 

4 ‘‘(B) a member country of the North Atlantic 

5 Treaty Organization; 

6 ‘‘(C) subject to paragraph (3), Japan; and 

7 ‘‘(D) any other foreign country if the Secretary 

8 of State, in consultation with the Secretary of De9 fense, determines that exportation of natural gas to 

10 that foreign country would promote the national se11 curity interests of the United States. 

12 ‘‘(3) The exportation of natural gas to Japan shall 

13 be deemed to be consistent with the public interest pursu14 ant to paragraph (1), and applications for such expor15 tation shall be granted without modification or delay 

16 under that paragraph, during only such period as the 

17 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, signed at 

18 Washington January 19, 1960, and entered into force 

19 June 23, 1960 (11 UST 1632; TIAS 4509), between the 

20 United States and Japan, remains in effect.’’. 

21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

22 this section shall apply with respect to applications for the 

23 authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the 

24 Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) that are pending on, 

25 or filed on or after, the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 6. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 

2 DEVELOPMENT OF PIPELINES IN THE RUS3 SIAN FEDERATION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose five 

5 or more of the sanctions described in section 235 of the 

6 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 

7 (22 U.S.C. 9529) with respect to a person if the President 

8 determines that the person knowingly, on or after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act, makes an investment de10 scribed in subsection (b) or sells, leases, or provides to 

11 the Government of the Russian Federation, or to any enti12 ty owned or controlled by that government, for the con13 struction of Russian energy export pipelines, goods, serv14 ices, technology, information, or support described in sub15 section (c)— 

16 (1) any of which has a fair market value of 

17 $1,000,000 or more; or 

18 (2) that, during a 12-month period, have an ag19 gregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more. 

20 (b) INVESTMENT DESCRIBED.—An investment de21 scribed in this subsection is any contribution of assets, in22 cluding a loan guarantee or any other transfer of value, 

23 that directly and significantly contributes to the enhance24 ment of the ability of the Government of the Russian Fed25 eration, or any entity owned or controlled by that govern26 ment, to construct energy export pipelines. 


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1 (c) GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION, 

2 OR SUPPORT DESCRIBED.—Goods, services, technology, 

3 information, or support described in this subsection are 

4 goods, services, technology, information, or support that 

5 could directly and significantly facilitate the maintenance 

6 or expansion of the construction, modernization, or repair 

7 of energy export pipelines by the Government of the Rus8 sian Federation or any entity owned or controlled by that 

9 government. 

10 (d) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY AND NOTICE

11 TO CONGRESS.—The President may waive the application 

12 of sanctions under this section for a period of not more 

13 than 90 days, and may renew such a waiver for additional 

14 periods of not more than 90 days each, if, not less than 

15 15 days before the waiver or the renewal of the waiver 

16 takes effect, the President— 

17 (1) determines that the waiver is in the national 

18 security interests of the United States; and 

19 (2) submits to the Committee on Foreign Rela20 tions of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 

21 Affairs of the House of Representatives a notifica22 tion of, and written justification for, the waiver. 

23 (e) EXCEPTION FOR IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to impose 

25 sanctions under subsection (a) shall not include the 


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1 authority to impose sanctions with respect to the im2 portation of goods. 

3 (2) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 

4 term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade 

5 substance, material, supply or manufactured prod6 uct, including inspection and test equipment, and ex7 cluding technical data. 

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