H. Res. 672 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

November 18, 2020. 

Whereas, in 2015, 12 Central and European nations of the 

European Union established the Three Seas Initiative to 

increase energy, infrastructure, and digital communications autonomy and resilience through support of collective financing for new infrastructure projects to connect 

the region between the Adriatic, Baltic, and Black Seas; 

Whereas the United States pledged support and willingness 

to serve as a steadfast partner of the Three Seas Initiative’s effort at the July 2017 Warsaw summit; 

Whereas, in February 2020, the Secretary of State announced a United States commitment of up to 

$1,000,000,000 in financing for Three Seas Initiative 

countries to promote energy security and economic 

growth; 

Whereas the Three Seas Initiative will advance economic 

growth, resilience, transport and digital connectivity, and 

energy security in this strategic region, thereby increasing the national security of the United States; 

Whereas the President of the European Commission recognized the Three Seas Initiative as a ‘‘catalyst for the cohesion and convergence of the EU and for the strengthening of the transatlantic link’’; 
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Whereas Soviet-imposed communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe left the region with a significant infrastructure deficit, especially in the realm of north-south transportation and energy lines; 

Whereas the current state of infrastructure in Central and 

Eastern Europe nations restricts energy, water, and telecommunications interconnectivity across the region; 

Whereas the infrastructure deficit leaves these nations overly 

dependent on Russia for their energy and additional economic needs; 

Whereas Russia seeks to undermine democratic institutions 

and liberty in Europe through hybrid means, including 

using energy as a tool for coercion; 

Whereas Russian gas pipeline projects, such as Nord Stream 

II and Turk Stream, are political and seek to undermine 

Europe’s energy security; 

Whereas the Three Seas Initiative provides a positive alternative for financing for transport, energy and digital 

connectivity projects in the Three Seas region to China’s 

17+1 and Belt and Road Initiatives, which have exported 

corruption, debt traps, and poor labor and environmental 

standards; 

Whereas diversification of energy sources and supply routes, 

including development of renewable energy sources and 

technology, is critical to bolstering energy security; 

Whereas members of the Three Seas Initiative have 

prioritized key energy projects such as the Krk, Croatia 

LNG terminal, Gas Interconnector Republic of PolandRepublic of Lithuania, the Bulgaria-Romania-HungaryAustria (BRUA) gas interconnector, and other cross-border interconnections; 
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Whereas members of the Three Seas Initiative have also 

prioritized key digital infrastructure and transportation 

projects to support modern and vibrant economies including the Three Seas Initiative Digital Highway, the Viking 

Train, the Adriatic TEN–T Core Network Corridor, and 

the FAIRway Danube, among others; and 

Whereas the Three Seas Initiative includes vital allies of the 

United States: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) supports the Three Seas Initiative in its efforts 

to increase energy resilience and infrastructure 

connectivity across Central and Eastern Europe and to 

further the process of building a Europe that is undivided, secure, prosperous, and free; 

(2) encourages Three Seas Initiative nations to take 

action on joint financing of projects to strengthen energy, infrastructure, and digital communications projects 

in Central and Eastern Europe, including through national contributions to the Three Seas Initiative Infrastructure Fund; 

(3) reaffirms the authority of the President under 

the Build Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115– 

254) to provide United States financing to the Three 

Seas Initiative and its projects in cases that advance national economic or foreign policy interests of the United 

States and would produce significant developmental out-
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comes or provide developmental benefits to the poorest 

population; 

(4) reaffirms the authority of the United States 

International Development Finance Corporation under 

the European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 

2019 (title XX of division P of Public Law 116–94) to 

provide support for the Three Seas Initiative and its energy infrastructure projects in countries with upper-middle-income or high-income economies in cases described 

in paragraph (3) or if such support is necessary to preempt or counter efforts by a strategic competitor of the 

United States to secure significant political or economic 

leverage or acquire national security-sensitive technologies or infrastructure in a country that is an ally or 

partner of the United States; 

(5) encourages the Three Seas Initiative member 

nations to boost cross-border cooperation and financing 

on diversification of energy sources, including clean energy sources and infrastructure; 

(6) encourages Three Seas Initiative nations to extend this vision of enhanced regional infrastructural 

connectivity to non-European Union member states in 

the Three Seas region, including Ukraine, Moldova, and 

those in the Western Balkans; and 
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(7) strongly condemns any efforts of Russia to 

weaponize energy as a means to put pressure on or to 

undermine liberty and democracy in Europe. 

Attest: 

Clerk.