IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1035 

Expressing opposition to the completion of Nord Stream II, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 26, 2018 

Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Ms. STEFANIK, 

Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. TURNER, Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida, Mr. 

BACON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. HECK, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 

HARRIS, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, and Mr. HUDSON) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 

Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government 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 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing opposition to the completion of Nord Stream 

II, and for other purposes. 

Whereas Nord Stream II is an underwater gas pipeline that, 

if completed, will transport natural gas from the Russian 

Federation through the Baltic Sea to Germany; 

Whereas Russia controls the supply of nearly 40 percent of 

Europe’s gas and 11 European countries rely on Russian 

gas for 75 percent or more for their annual needs; 


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Whereas Nord Stream II will increase Russian control over 

the European energy market; 

Whereas Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, stated that Nord Stream II would ‘‘not help diversification, nor would it reduce [European] dependency’’ 

on Russian gas; 

Whereas it has been longstanding United States policy to 

support European energy security through diversification 

of supplies, such as the Southern Gas Corridor which will 

deliver Caspian Sea energy resources to Southern and 

Central Europe; 

Whereas the existing Ukrainian gas transit system currently 

has 55 billion cubic meters of spare capacity which is 

equal to Nord Stream II’s planned capacity; 

Whereas Ukraine has been a stable and reliable transit hub 

for energy flowing to European destinations; 

Whereas Russia’s geopolitical interest in Nord Stream II is 

not to increase European energy security, but rather to 

drive a wedge between countries in Europe and drastically diminish the existing Ukrainian gas transit system; 

Whereas according to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 

Energy Diplomacy, Sanda Oudkirk, ‘‘because [Nord 

Stream II] has such a potentially large impact on the national security of some of our largest partners in the 

world, it has an impact on our national security’’; and 

Whereas Members of Congress on a bipartisan basis have expressed strong opposition to Nord Stream II through 

statements and legislation: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) finds that Nord Stream II is a drastic step 

2 backwards for European energy security and United 

3 States interests; 

4 (2) calls upon European governments to reject 

5 the Nord Stream II project; 

6 (3) urges the President to use all available 

7 means to support European energy security through 

8 a policy of diversification to lessen reliance on the 

9 Russia Federation; and 

10 (4) supports the imposition of sanctions with 

11 respect to Nord Stream II under section 232 of the 

12 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanc13 tions Act (22 U.S.C. 9526). 

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