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H.R.3206 / 116th Congress

Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 11, 2019

Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act of 2019

This bill directs the President to impose visa- and asset-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that knowingly provides pipe-laying vessels for constructing a Russian-origin energy export pipeline that makes landfall in Germany or Turkey.

The President may waive the sanctions as to specific persons if it is in the U.S. national interest to do so and if the President notifies Congress of the decision.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] · R–IL

Committees

  • Judiciary Committee
  • Foreign Affairs Committee
9 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

  2. Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules.

  3. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  4. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  5. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

  6. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

  7. Introduced in House

  8. Introduced in House

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