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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6033 

To require the President to certify to Congress that a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is not participating in quadrilateral cooperation between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States on security 

matters that are critical to United States strategic interests before imposing sanctions under section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries 

Through Sanctions Act with respect to a transaction of that member. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 18, 2021 

Mr. JACKSON (for himself, Mr. ELLZEY, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight 

and Reform, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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 

A BILL 

To require the President to certify to Congress that a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is not participating in quadrilateral cooperation between Australia, 

India, Japan, and the United States on security matters 

that are critical to United States strategic interests before imposing sanctions under section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act with 

respect to a transaction of that member. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Circumspectly Reduc3 ing Unintended Consequences Impairing Alliances and 

4 Leadership Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘CRUCIAL Act of 2021’’. 

5 SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR IMPOSING 

6 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF 

7 QUADRILATERAL SECURITY DIALOGUE. 

8 Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries 

9 Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525) is amended by 

10 adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULE FOR MEMBERS OF QUADRILAT12 ERAL SECURITY DIALOGUE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 10-year period 

14 beginning on the date of the enactment of the 

15 Circumspectly Reducing Unintended Consequences 

16 Impairing Alliances and Leadership Act of 2021, the 

17 President may not impose sanctions under this sec18 tion with respect a significant transaction described 

19 in subsection (a) engaged in by the government of 

20 a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue un21 less, before imposing such sanctions, the President 

22 certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

23 that that government is not participating in quad24 rilateral cooperation between Australia, India, 

25 Japan, and the United States on security matters 

26 that are critical to United States strategic interests. 


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1 ‘‘(2) MEMBER OF THE QUADRILATERAL SECU2 RITY DIALOGUE DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 

3 term ‘member of the Quadrilateral Security Dia4 logue’ means Australia, India, Japan, or the United 

5 States.’’. 

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