S.Amdt. 1886

SA 1886. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.
Johnson, and Mr. Cotton) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and

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for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1242. CLARIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS RELATING
TO CONSTRUCTION OF NORD STREAM 2 OR TURKSTREAM
PIPELINE PROJECTS.

(a) In General.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 7503 of the
Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act of 2019 (title LXXV
of Public Law 116-92) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or pipe-laying
activities'' after ``pipe-laying''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) in clause (i)--
(i) by inserting ``, or facilitated selling, leasing, or
providing,'' after ``provided''; and
(ii) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) provided underwriting services or insurance or
reinsurance for those vessels;
``(iv) provided services or facilities for technology
upgrades or installation of welding equipment for, or
retrofitting or tethering of, those vessels; or
``(v) provided services for the testing, inspection, or
certification necessary for, or associated with the operation
of, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.''.
(b) Definitions.--Subsection (i) of such section is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
``(5) Pipe-laying activities.--The term `pipe-laying
activities' means activities that facilitate pipe-laying,
including site preparation, trenching, surveying, placing
rocks, backfilling, stringing, bending, welding, coating, and
lowering of pipe.''.
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