I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7361 
To clarify and expand sanctions applicable with respect to the construction 
of the Nord Stream 2 or TurkStream pipeline projects. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2020 
Mr. KINZINGER (for himself, Mr. TURNER, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. 
HECK, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, and Ms. KAP-
TUR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
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 clarify and expand sanctions applicable with respect to 
the construction of the Nord Stream 2 or TurkStream 
pipeline projects. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Europe’s 
Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS 
RELATING 
TO 
CONSTRUCTION 
OF 
NORD 
STREAM 
OR 
TURKSTREAM 
PIPELINE 
PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 7503 
of the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019 
(title LXXV of Public Law 116–92; 22 U.S.C. 9526 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or pipe-
laying activities’’ after ‘‘pipe-laying’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (i)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, or facilitated the 
sale, lease, or provision of,’’ after ‘‘pro-
vided’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) provided underwriting services 
or insurance or reinsurance for those ves-
sels; or 
‘‘(iv) provided services or facilities for 
technology upgrades or installation of 
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welding equipment for, or retrofitting or 
tethering of, those vessels.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (i) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) 
PIPE-LAYING
ACTIVITIES.—The 
term 
‘pipe-laying activities’ means activities that facilitate 
pipe-laying, including site preparation, trenching, 
surveying, placing rocks, stringing, bending, welding, 
coating, lowering of pipe, and backfilling.’’. 
(c) INTERIM REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable and 
not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit 
a report on the matters required by subsection (a) 
of section 7503 of the Protecting Europe’s Energy 
Security Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 9526 note), as 
amended by this section, with respect to the pe-
riod— 
(A) beginning on the later of— 
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(i) the date of the enactment of this 
Act; or 
(ii) the date of the most recent sub-
mission of a report required by such sec-
tion 7503; and 
(B) ending on the date on which the report 
required by this subparagraph is submitted. 
(2) TREATMENT.—A report submitted pursuant 
to paragraph (1) shall be— 
(A) submitted to the same committees as 
a report submitted under subsection (a) of such 
section 7503; and 
(B) otherwise treated as a report sub-
mitted under such subsection (a) for purposes 
of all authorities granted by such section pursu-
ant to such a report. 
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