CRUCIAL Act

Sens. Cruz, Young, Marshall Introduce Bill to Prevent Sanctions from Undermining Quad Unity Against China

Senator Ted Cruz

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) this week introduced the “Circumspectly Reducing Unintended Consequences Impairing Alliances and Leadership Act of 2021” (CRUCIAL Act), which creates a 10-year exemption for member countries of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—Australia, Japan, and India—from U.S. sanctions passed in 2017 that would undermine unity against China. The CRUCIAL Act would prohibit the President from imposing sanctions in the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions […]