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Midland Over Moscow Act

Introduced: February 15, 2022 Introduced by: Pfluger, August Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Nov 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Feb 24, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Feb 16, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Feb 15, 2022

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.

Feb 15, 2022

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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