Midland Over Moscow Act

Bill: 117-hr-6748
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2022-02-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
Canada
China
Collective security
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
European Union
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign property
Germany
Iran
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Mexico
Middle East
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: 

Midland Over Moscow Act

 
This bill imposes sanctions related to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and revises the expedited approval process for natural gas imports and exports in or out of the United States. (Nord Stream 2 is a pipeline constructed to increase the export of natural gas from Russia to Europe.)
 
Within 10 days of this bill's enactment, the President must impose sanctions on any entity responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance, financing, or operation of Nord Stream 2, as well as any corporate officer or principal shareholder with a controlling interest in such an entity. The bill also revokes the President's authority to waive certain sanctions related to Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream, another Russian natural gas pipeline project. 
 
The bill also allows any nation, with specified exclusions, to use an expedited process to receive approval to import or export natural gas in or out of the United States (currently only a nation with a free trade agreement with the United States may use the expedited process). Specifically, the bill excludes any nation (1) subject to U.S.-imposed sanctions or trade restrictions, or (2) excluded by the President or Congress for national security reasons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and 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.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and 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.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and 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.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and 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.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Introduced in House