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Union Calendar No. 11 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1130 

[Report No. 118–18] 

To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 

Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

MARCH 23, 2023 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. MIKE GARCIA of 

California, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. BUCSHON, and Mrs. LESKO

MARCH 23, 2023 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 21, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural 

gas. 


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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 ‘‘Unlocking our Domestic 

5 LNG Potential Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADVANCING UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. 

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

8 amended— 

9 (1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); 

10 (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

11 subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 

12 (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

13 (c), and moving such subsection after subsection (b), 

14 as so redesignated; 

15 (4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by 

16 amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: ‘‘(1) The 

17 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (in this sub18 section referred to as the ‘Commission’) shall have the 

19 exclusive authority to approve or deny an application 

20 for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of 

21 a facility to export natural gas from the United 

22 States to a foreign country or import natural gas 

23 from a foreign country, including an LNG terminal. 

24 In determining whether to approve or deny an appli25 cation under this paragraph, the Commission shall 


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1 deem the exportation or importation of natural gas to 

2 be consistent with the public interest. Except as spe3 cifically provided in this Act, nothing in this Act is 

4 intended to affect otherwise applicable law related to 

5 any Federal agency’s authorities or responsibilities 

6 related to facilities to import or export natural gas, 

7 including LNG terminals.’’; and 

8 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub9 section: 

10 ‘‘(d)(1) Nothing in this Act limits the authority of the 

11 President under the Constitution, the International Emer12 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the 

13 National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), part 

14 B of title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

15 (42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.), the Trading With the Enemy Act 

16 (50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), or any other provision of law that 

17 imposes sanctions on a foreign person or foreign govern18 ment (including any provision of law that prohibits or re19 stricts United States persons from engaging in a trans20 action with a sanctioned person or government), including 

21 a country that is designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, 

22 to prohibit imports or exports. 

23 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘state sponsor of ter24 rorism’ means a country the government of which the SecVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:13 Mar 24, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1130.RH H1130

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1 retary of State determines has repeatedly provided support 

2 for international terrorism pursuant to— 

3 ‘‘(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control 

4 Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 

5 ‘‘(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

6 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 

7 ‘‘(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 

8 (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 

9 ‘‘(D) any other provision of law.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 11 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1130 

[Report No. 118–18] 

A BILL 

To repeal restrictions on the export and import of 

natural gas. 

MARCH 23, 2023 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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