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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 428 

To provide for the expedited approval by the Secretary of Energy of liquefied 

natural gas exports, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 21, 2015 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Mr. COSTA) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 

A BILL 

To provide for the expedited approval by the Secretary of 

Energy of liquefied natural gas exports, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export American Nat5 ural Gas Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORT APPROVAL. 

2 Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) 

3 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub4 sections: 

5 ‘‘(g)(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the Secretary 

6 shall approve or deny an application for approval of the 

7 export of liquefied natural gas, whether through an on8 shore or offshore terminal, not later than 60 days after 

9 the later of— 

10 ‘‘(A) the Secretary receiving a completed 

11 application; 

12 ‘‘(B) the applicant entering into a contract 

13 with a customer for the liquefied natural gas 

14 proposed to be exported; and 

15 ‘‘(C) the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 ‘‘(2) If the Secretary has not approved or denied an 

17 application by the deadline established under paragraph 

18 (1), the application shall be deemed to have been ap19 proved. 

20 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall not apply to an application 

21 for export to a nation to which such export is prohibited 

22 by law. 

23 ‘‘(h) Authorization shall be provided under subsection 

24 (a) separately from and simultaneously with authorization 

25 required from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

26 or the Maritime Administration, as applicable.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORT ON GLOBAL EXPORTS OF NATURAL GAS 

2 PRODUCTION. 

3 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Con5 gress a report on the following: 

6 (1) The economic policies of foreign countries 

7 with natural gas resources and reserves as such poli8 cies relate to the development and production of 

9 their natural gas resources and reserves and the ex10 tent and status of their natural gas resources and 

11 reserves. 

12 (2) The potential to export the natural gas pro13 duction of such foreign countries to the global mar14 ket and the impact of the export of such natural gas 

15 production on the global market. 

16 (3) A description of actions taken by the United 

17 States Government to foster natural gas exports to 

18 foreign countries that may have an interest in im19 porting natural gas from the United States. 

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