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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1009 

To amend the Natural Gas Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission and the Secretary of Energy to consider certain factors 

in making a public interest determination under that Act, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 2, 2017 

Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. FRANKEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Natural Gas Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Secretary of Energy to consider certain factors in making a public interest determination under that Act, 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 ‘‘Natural Gas Consumer 

5 Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONSIDERATIONS FOR PUBLIC INTEREST DETER2 MINATION. 

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

4 is amended— 

5 (1) by striking the section heading and all that 

6 follows through ‘‘After six months’’ in subsection (a) 

7 and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 3. EXPORTATION OR IMPORTATION OF NATURAL 

9 GAS; LNG TERMINALS. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ORDER REQUIRED.—After 6 months’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1) (as designated by 

14 paragraph (1)), in the second sentence, by 

15 striking ‘‘The Commission’’ and inserting the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(2) ISSUANCE OF ORDER ON APPLICATION

18 AND DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)(A) (as designated by 

21 subparagraph (A)), in the second sentence, by 

22 striking ‘‘The Commission’’ and inserting the 

23 following: 

24 ‘‘(B) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ORDERS AND

25 SUPPLEMENTAL ORDERS.—The Commission’’; 

26 and 


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1 (C) in paragraph (2) (as designated by 

2 subparagraph (A)), by adding at the end the 

3 following: 

4 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making a pub5 lic interest determination under subparagraph 

6 (A) in the case of an application for expor7 tation, the Commission or the Secretary of En8 ergy, as applicable, shall consider— 

9 ‘‘(i) the need in the United States for 

10 the natural gas to be exported; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the impact of the proposed nat12 ural gas exports on— 

13 ‘‘(I) natural gas prices in the 

14 United States, including regional nat15 ural gas prices and natural gas prices 

16 for domestic consumers and manufac17 turers and other industries; 

18 ‘‘(II) the differential in natural 

19 gas prices between the United States 

20 and foreign countries; 

21 ‘‘(III) the global economic com22 petitiveness of domestic manufactur23 ers and other domestic industries; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) domestic employment in 

2 manufacturing and other industries, 

3 including regional employment; 

4 ‘‘(V) the demand for natural gas 

5 in the United States, including re6 gional natural gas demand; 

7 ‘‘(VI) the supply of natural gas 

8 in the United States, including re9 gional natural gas supply; and 

10 ‘‘(VII) United States energy se11 curity; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) any other factor that the Com13 mission or the Secretary of Energy deter14 mines to be appropriate.’’. 

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