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 communica-
tions autonomy and resilience through support of collec-
tive 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 Initia-
tive’s effort at the July 2017 Warsaw summit; 
Whereas, in February 2020, the Secretary of State an-
nounced 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 increas-
ing the national security of the United States; 
Whereas the President of the European Commission recog-
nized the Three Seas Initiative as a ‘‘catalyst for the co-
hesion and convergence of the EU and for the strength-
ening of the transatlantic link’’;
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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 includ-
ing 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 undi-
vided, secure, prosperous, and free; 
(2) encourages Three Seas Initiative nations to take 
action on joint financing of projects to strengthen en-
ergy, infrastructure, and digital communications projects 
in Central and Eastern Europe, including through na-
tional contributions to the Three Seas Initiative Infra-
structure 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 na-
tional 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 en-
ergy infrastructure projects in countries with upper-mid-
dle-income or high-income economies in cases described 
in paragraph (3) or if such support is necessary to pre-
empt or counter efforts by a strategic competitor of the 
United States to secure significant political or economic 
leverage or acquire national security-sensitive tech-
nologies 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 en-
ergy sources and infrastructure; 
(6) encourages Three Seas Initiative nations to ex-
tend 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.