ing by requiring unbundling of energy produc-
tion and transmission, transparency in the en-
ergy market, and effective regulatory oversight; 
and 
(B) the non-Russian parties involved in the 
project have taken concrete steps to ensure that 
it will not result in a significant decrease in the 
transit of Russian energy exports through exist-
ing pipelines in other countries, particularly 
Ukraine. 
SEC. 3. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF 
PIPE-LAYING VESSELS FOR THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF RUSSIAN ENERGY EXPORT PIPE-
LINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) on each foreign per-
son that the President determines knowingly, on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, sells, leases, or pro-
vides pipe-laying vessels for the construction of any Rus-
sian-origin energy export pipeline that makes landfall in 
Germany or Turkey. 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection are the following: 
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(A) ASSET BLOCKING.—The blocking, in 
accordance with the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
of all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of a foreign person if such property 
and interests in property are in the United 
States, come within the United States, or are or 
come within the possession or control of a 
United States person. 
(B) INADMISSIBILITY
TO
THE
UNITED 
STATES.—In the case of a foreign person who 
is an individual— 
(i) ineligibility to receive a visa to 
enter the United States or to be admitted 
to the United States; or 
(ii) if the individual has been issued a 
visa or other documentation, revocation, in 
accordance with section 221(i) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)), of the visa or other documenta-
tion. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of a measure imposed pursuant to sub-
section (a) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
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to carry out this section shall be subject to the pen-
alties specified in subsections (b) and (c) of section 
206 of the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a 
person that commits an unlawful act described in 
subsection (a) of such section. 
(3) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 
GOODS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The requirement to 
block and prohibit all transactions in all prop-
erty and interests in property under subsection 
(b)(1)(A) does not include the authority to im-
pose sanctions on the importation of goods. 
(B) GOOD
DEFINED.—The term ‘‘good’’ 
means any article, natural or man-made sub-
stance, material, supply or manufactured prod-
uct, including inspection and test equipment, 
and excluding technical data. 
(4) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA-
TIONS
HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 
under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect 
to the admission of an alien to the United States if 
the admission of the alien is necessary to permit the 
United States to comply with the Agreement regard-
ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 
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at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 
force November 21, 1947, between the United Na-
tions and the United States, or other applicable 
international obligations. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President 
shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as 
are necessary to carry out this section. 
(d) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.—The President 
may waive the application of the sanctions under sub-
section (b) with respect to a foreign person if the Presi-
dent— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional interest of the United States; and 
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notice of and justification for the waiv-
er. 
(e) TERMINATION AND SUNSET.—The authority to 
impose sanctions with regards to a person involved in the 
construction of a particular Russian energy export pipeline 
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under subsection (b), and any sanctions imposed pursuant 
to such authority, shall terminate on the earlier of— 
(1) the date on which the President certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that ap-
propriate safeguards have been put in place to— 
(A) minimize the ability of Russia to use 
the pipeline as a tool of coercion and political 
leverage, including by achieving unbundling of 
energy production and transmission so that 
Russian state-owned entities do not control the 
transmission network for the pipelines, trans-
parency in the energy market, and effective reg-
ulatory oversight; and 
(B) 
ensure, 
barring 
unforeseen 
cir-
cumstances, that the project would not result in 
a decrease of more than 25 percent in the tran-
sit of Russian energy exports through existing 
pipelines 
in 
other 
countries, 
particularly 
Ukraine, relative to the average monthly transit 
of Russian energy exports through such pipe-
lines in 2018; or 
(2) the date that is 10 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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