CRUCIAL Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3119
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-10-28
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia

Australia

Congressional oversight

Europe

India

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

International organizations and cooperation

Japan

Military operations and strategy

Oceania

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Russia

Sanctions
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Circumspectly Reducing Unintended Consequences Impairing Alliances and Leadership Act of 2021 or the CRUCIAL Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill establishes requirements relating to the President's ability to impose sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in a significant transaction with the defense or intelligence sectors of Russia's government if the transaction involves a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. (The dialogue is a coalition comprised of the governments of the United States, Japan, India, and Australia.)</p> <p>Specifically, before imposing such sanctions for a transaction involving a member of the dialogue, the President must certify to Congress that the government in question is not participating in the dialogue on security matters that are critical to U.S. strategic interests.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3119 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 28, 2021 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Young , and Mr. Marshall ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To require the President to certify to Congress that a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is not participating in quadrilateral cooperation between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States on security matters that are critical to United States strategic interests before imposing sanctions under section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act with respect to a transaction of that member.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Circumspectly Reducing Unintended Consequences Impairing Alliances and Leadership Act of 2021 or the CRUCIAL Act of 2021 . 2. Certification requirement for imposing sanctions with respect to members of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9525 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Special rule for members of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (1) In general During the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Circumspectly Reducing Unintended Consequences Impairing Alliances and Leadership Act of 2021 , the President may not impose sanctions under this section with respect to a significant transaction described in subsection (a) engaged in by the government of a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue unless, before imposing such sanctions, the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that that government is not participating in quadrilateral cooperation between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States on security matters that are critical to United States strategic interests. (2) Member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue defined In this subsection, the term member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue means Australia, India, Japan, or the United States. .