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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1167 

Recognizing the benefits of natural gas to the United States economy and 

environment, and recognizing natural gas as an affordable and ‘‘green’’ 

energy. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 23, 2024 

Mr. BALDERSON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 

on Natural Resources, 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 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the benefits of natural gas to the United States 

economy and environment, and recognizing natural gas 

as an affordable and ‘‘green’’ energy. 

Whereas Public Law 117–169 (commonly referred to as the 

‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’) established a punitive 

fee on methane emissions, which will result in a regressive tax on all Americans, including low-income and 

fixed-income Americans; 

Whereas a natural gas tax or methane emissions fee results 

in higher costs to natural gas customers, including families, farmers, and small businesses; 


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Whereas any natural gas tax or methane emissions fee will 

disproportionately impact natural gas producing regions, 

and businesses across the natural gas supply will be 

harmed by government-imposed taxes and fees; 

Whereas, since 2005, two-thirds of the power sector greenhouse gas emissions reductions are a direct result of the 

switch to natural gas; 

Whereas, because of increased innovation and technology in 

the natural gas industry, United States methane emissions were 10 percent lower in 2020 compared to 2005, 

despite the United States increasing production of natural gas by nearly 100 percent between 2005 to 2020; 

Whereas, according to the Energy Information Administration, using natural gas to generate energy results in 

fewer emissions of nearly all types of air pollutants, including carbon dioxide, compared to other fossil fuels; 

Whereas, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, 

since 1970, combined emissions of criteria and precursor 

pollutants have dropped by 78 percent in the United 

States; 

Whereas, in 2021, 45 percent of the European Union’s natural gas imports were from Russia, accounting for 

155,000,000,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas; 

Whereas, on March 9, 2022, the European Commission approved a Complementary Climate Delegated Act that 

specifies certain nuclear and natural gas activities are 

covered by the European Union taxonomy and thus considered ‘‘green’’ investments; 

Whereas the European Commission’s Complementary Climate 

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ments, which will spur private and public investments in 

natural gas and nuclear energy and make Europe less reliant on Russian energy in the future; 

Whereas, on March 25, 2022, the United States announced 

an agreement with the European Union for the United 

States to supply the European Union with up to 

15,000,000,000 additional cubic meters of liquefied natural gas by the end of 2022; 

Whereas, in November 2022, an energy security agreement 

between the United States and European Union implied 

that Europe would seek up to 147,000,000,000 cubic meters of liquified natural gas imports in 2023; 

Whereas, on January 26, 2024, President Biden announced 

a ban on the approval process of liquified natural gas export permits to countries that do not have a free trade 

agreement with the United States; 

Whereas United States liquified natural gas exports helped 

reduce natural gas prices in Europe by over 83 percent 

from 2022 levels; 

Whereas the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory estimates that American liquified natural gas is 41 percent cleaner than Russian national gas; 

Whereas the International Energy Agency predicts global demand for natural gas will increase by 41 percent by 

2050, and an additional 240,000,000,000 cubic meters 

per year of liquified natural gas export capacity is needed 

by 2050; 

Whereas increased usage of natural gas domestically will also 

reduce United States dependence on foreign energy and 

strengthen United States national security; and 


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Whereas natural gas is abundant in the United States, and 

the Energy Information Administration estimates the 

United States has enough dry natural gas to last nearly 

a century, and the potential for even more with advances 

in technology and exploration: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes natural gas produced in the 

3 United States as an affordable and ‘‘green’’ energy; 

4 (2) recognizes that the United States should be 

5 committed to an ‘‘all of the above’’ approach to meet 

6 United States energy needs, and that natural gas is 

7 necessary for the United States to be energy inde8 pendent; 

9 (3) encourages the Biden administration, in10 cluding the Department of Energy and the Depart11 ment of the Interior, to support United States pro12 duction of natural gas and natural gas infrastruc13 ture and identify and remove barriers to the produc14 tion of natural gas; and 

15 (4) opposes efforts to limit, delay, or ban the 

16 approval of new and existing liquified natural gas 

17 export facilities in the United States. 

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