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Calendar No. 334 

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, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. 

HOEVEN, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SULLIVAN, and Mr. CRUZ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

DECEMBER 17, 2019 

Reported by Mr. RISCH, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

2 It is the policy of the United States— 

3 (1) to reduce the dependency of allies and part4 ners of the United States on Russian energy re5 sources, especially natural gas, in order for those 

6 countries to achieve lasting and dependable energy 

7 security; 

8 (2) to condemn the Government of the Russian 

9 Federation for, and to deter that government from, 

10 using its energy resources as a geopolitical weapon 

11 to coerce, intimidate, and influence other countries; 

12 (3) to improve energy security in Europe by in13 creasing access to diverse, reliable, and affordable 

14 energy; 

15 (4) to promote energy security in Europe by 

16 working with the European Union and other allies of 

17 the United States to develop liberalized energy mar18 kets that provide diversified energy sources, sup19 pliers, and routes; 

20 (5) to continue to strongly oppose the Nord 

21 Stream 2 pipeline based on its detrimental effects on 

22 the energy security of the European Union and the 

23 economy of Ukraine and other countries in Central 

24 Europe through which natural gas is transported; 

25 and 


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1 (6) to support countries that are allies or part2 ners of the United States by expediting the export 

3 of energy resources from the United States. 

4 SEC. 3. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION. 

5 The President should direct the United States Per6 manent Representative on the Council of the North Atlan7 tic Treaty Organization (in this Act referred to as 

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

9 States to encourage NATO member countries to work to10 gether to achieve energy security for those countries and 

11 countries in Europe and Eurasia that are partners of 

12 NATO. 

13 SEC. 4. TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY STRATEGY. 

14 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con15 gress that the United States and other NATO member 

16 countries should explore ways to ensure that NATO mem17 ber countries diversify their energy supplies and routes in 

18 order to enhance their energy security, including through 

19 the development of a transatlantic energy strategy. 

20 (b) TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY STRATEGY.— 

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

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec23 retary of State, in coordination with the Adminis24 trator of the United States Agency for International 

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1 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

2 transatlantic energy strategy for the United 

3 States— 

4 (A) to enhance the energy security of 

5 NATO member countries and countries that are 

6 partners of NATO; and 

7 (B) to increase exports of energy from the 

8 United States to such countries. 

9 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap11 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

12 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

13 the Senate; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

15 the House of Representatives. 

16 SEC. 5. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NAT17 URAL GAS TO UNITED STATES ALLIES. 

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

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

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

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

22 effect a free trade agreement requiring national 

23 treatment for trade in natural gas’’ and inserting 

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

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


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

2 is— 

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

4 free trade agreement requiring national treatment 

5 for trade in natural gas; 

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

7 Treaty Organization; 

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

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

10 of State, in consultation with the Secretary of De11 fense, determines that exportation of natural gas to 

12 that foreign country would promote the national se13 curity interests of the United States. 

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

15 be deemed to be consistent with the public interest pursu16 ant to paragraph (1), and applications for such expor17 tation shall be granted without modification or delay 

18 under that paragraph, during only such period as the 

19 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, signed at 

20 Washington January 19, 1960, and entered into force 

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

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

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

24 this section shall apply with respect to applications for the 

25 authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the 


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

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

3 SEC. 6. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 

4 DEVELOPMENT OF PIPELINES IN THE RUS5 SIAN FEDERATION. 

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

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

8 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 

9 (22 U.S.C. 9529) with respect to a person if the President 

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

11 of the enactment of this Act, makes an investment de12 scribed in subsection (b) or sells, leases, or provides to 

13 the Government of the Russian Federation, or to any enti14 ty owned or controlled by that government, for the con15 struction of Russian energy export pipelines, goods, serv16 ices, technology, information, or support described in sub17 section (c)— 

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

19 $1,000,000 or more; or 

20 (2) that, during a 12-month period, have an ag21 gregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more. 

22 (b) INVESTMENT DESCRIBED.—An investment de23 scribed in this subsection is any contribution of assets, in24 cluding a loan guarantee or any other transfer of value, 

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1 ment of the ability of the Government of the Russian Fed2 eration, or any entity owned or controlled by that govern3 ment, to construct energy export pipelines. 

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

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

6 information, or support described in this subsection are 

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

8 could directly and significantly facilitate the maintenance 

9 or expansion of the construction, modernization, or repair 

10 of energy export pipelines by the Government of the Rus11 sian Federation or any entity owned or controlled by that 

12 government. 

13 (d) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY AND NOTICE

14 TO CONGRESS.—The President may waive the application 

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

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

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

18 15 days before the waiver or the renewal of the waiver 

19 takes effect, the President— 

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

21 security interests of the United States; and 

22 (2) submits to the Committee on Foreign Rela23 tions of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 

24 Affairs of the House of Representatives a notifica25 tion of, and written justification for, the waiver. 


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1 (e) EXCEPTION FOR IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 

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

3 sanctions under subsection (a) shall not include the 

4 authority to impose sanctions with respect to the im5 portation of goods. 

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

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

8 substance, material, supply or manufactured prod9 uct, including inspection and test equipment, and ex10 cluding technical data. 

11 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Security Co13 operation with Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2019’’. 

14 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

15 It is the policy of the United States— 

16 (1) to reduce the dependency of allies and part17 ners of the United States on Russian energy resources, 

18 especially natural gas, in order for those countries to 

19 achieve lasting and dependable energy security; 

20 (2) to condemn the Government of the Russian 

21 Federation for, and to deter that government from, 

22 using its energy resources as a geopolitical weapon to 

23 coerce, intimidate, and influence other countries; 


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1 (3) to improve energy security in Europe by in2 creasing access to diverse, reliable, and affordable en3 ergy; 

4 (4) to promote energy security in Europe by 

5 working with the European Union and other allies of 

6 the United States to develop liberalized energy mar7 kets that provide diversified energy sources, suppliers, 

8 and routes; 

9 (5) to continue to strongly oppose the Nord 

10 Stream 2 pipeline based on its detrimental effects on 

11 the energy security of the European Union and the 

12 economy of Ukraine and other countries in Central 

13 Europe through which natural gas is transported; 

14 and 

15 (6) to support countries that are allies or part16 ners of the United States by expediting the export of 

17 energy resources from the United States. 

18 SEC. 3. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION. 

19 The President should direct the United States Perma20 nent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic 

21 Treaty Organization (in this Act referred to as ‘‘NATO’’) 

22 to use the voice and influence of the United States to encour23 age NATO member countries to work together to achieve en24 ergy security for those countries and countries in Europe 

25 and Eurasia that are partners of NATO. 


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1 SEC. 4. TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY STRATEGY. 

2 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

3 that the United States and other NATO member countries 

4 should explore ways to ensure that NATO member countries 

5 diversify their energy supplies and routes in order to en6 hance their energy security, including through the develop7 ment of a transatlantic energy strategy. 

8 (b) TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY STRATEGY.— 

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

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

11 State, in coordination with the Administrator of the 

12 United States Agency for International Development 

13 and the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the ap14 propriate congressional committees a transatlantic 

15 energy strategy for the United States— 

16 (A) to enhance the energy security of NATO 

17 member countries and countries that are part18 ners of NATO; and 

19 (B) to increase exports of energy, energy 

20 technologies, and energy development services 

21 from the United States to such countries. 

22 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

23 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

24 congressional committees’’ means— 

25 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

26 the Senate; and 


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1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 SEC. 5. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NAT4 URAL GAS TO UNITED STATES ALLIES. 

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

6 (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended— 

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

8 (2) by striking ‘‘nation with which there is in ef9 fect a free trade agreement requiring national treat10 ment for trade in natural gas’’ and inserting ‘‘foreign 

11 country described in paragraph (2)’’; and 

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

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

14 is— 

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

16 trade agreement requiring national treatment for 

17 trade in natural gas; 

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

19 Treaty Organization; 

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

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

22 of State, in consultation with the Secretary of De23 fense, determines that exportation of natural gas to 

24 that foreign country would promote the national secu25 rity interests of the United States. 


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

2 deemed to be consistent with the public interest pursuant 

3 to paragraph (1), and applications for such exportation 

4 shall be granted without modification or delay under that 

5 paragraph, during only such period as the Treaty of Mu6 tual Cooperation and Security, signed at Washington Jan7 uary 19, 1960, and entered into force June 23, 1960 (11 

8 UST 1632; TIAS 4509), between the United States and 

9 Japan, remains in effect. 

10 ‘‘(4) Nothing in this section may be construed— 

11 ‘‘(A) to authorize the use of eminent domain to 

12 seize land or land rights; or 

13 ‘‘(B) to waive any requirement under— 

14 ‘‘(i) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

15 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 

16 ‘‘(ii) the Federal Water Pollution Control 

17 Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 

18 ‘‘(iii) the National Environmental Policy 

19 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or 

20 ‘‘(iv) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 

21 seq.).’’. 

22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

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1 ural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) that are pending on, or filed 

2 on or after, the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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Calendar No. 334 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1830 

A BILL 

To enhance the security of the United States and 

its allies, and for other purposes. 

DECEMBER 17, 2019 

Reported with an amendment 


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