Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019
Latest action · Nov 15, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 23, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act of 2019
This bill establishes sanctions related to the provision of vessels for the construction of Russian energy export pipelines.
The Department of State must report to Congress (1) a list of vessels engaged in below sea-level pipe laying for the construction of Russian energy export pipelines, and (2) a list of foreign individuals and entities that provided or facilitated the provision of the vessels for such pipeline construction. The State Department shall impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on (1) the identified foreign individuals and entities, and (2) each corporate officer and principal shareholder with a controlling interest in the identified vessels.
The President may impose various sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that knowingly provide underwriting, insurance, or reinsurance for the identified vessels. The sanctions may include prohibitions from (1) receiving Export-Import Bank export assistance, (2) being designated as a primary dealer of U.S. government debt instruments, or (3) receiving U.S. government procurement contracts.
The State Department shall develop a strategy on improving the energy security of U.S. allies in Europe. The State Department shall also report to Congress (1) on the effects of Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline on U.S. national security; and (2) a periodically updated list of entities providing goods, services, or technology for the construction or repair of the pipeline and whether such transactions are prohibited under certain U.S. laws.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 23, 2019 to Dec 4, 2019; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Oct 23, 2019 |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Original | Oct 23, 2019 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Oct 23, 2019 |
| R-MN | Jim Hagedorn | Original | Oct 23, 2019 |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Original | Oct 23, 2019 |
| I-MI | Paul Mitchell | Original | Oct 23, 2019 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Dec 4, 2019 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 23, 2019 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Oct 23, 2019 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Nov 15, 2019 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Oct 23, 2019 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 23, 2019 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 23, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Oct 23, 2019Introduced in House
- Oct 23, 2019Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 168, October 23, 2019, page H8458.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1441 | Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Jul 31, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose sanctions with respect to the provision of certain vessels for the construction of Russian energy export pipelines, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Alliances
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Corporate finance and management
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Europe
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign and international banking
- Foreign and international corporations
- Foreign loans and debt
- Foreign property
- Germany
- International Affairs
- International monetary system and foreign exchange
- Licensing and registrations
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Middle East
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements
- Nuclear power
- Oil and gas
- Pipelines
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public contracts and procurement
- Russia
- Sanctions
- Securities
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Trade restrictions
- U.S. and foreign investments
- Ukraine
- Visas and passports
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
