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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6455 

To require a certain percentage of LNG and crude oil exports be transported 

on vessels documented under the laws of the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 7, 2016 

Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee) 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 require a certain percentage of LNG and crude oil exports 

be transported on vessels documented under the laws 

of the United States, 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 ‘‘Energizing American 

5 Maritime Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL POLICY ON STRATEGIC ENERGY ASSET 

2 EXPORT TRANSPORTATION. 

3 (a) LNG EXPORTS.— 

4 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (A) LNG is an explosive gas that can be 

6 hazardous to national import and export termi7 nals and ports when mishandled. 

8 (B) LNG is a strategic national asset, the 

9 export of which will be used to preserve the 

10 United States tanker fleet and skilled mariner 

11 workforce that are essential to national secu12 rity. 

13 (C) For the safety and security of the 

14 United States, LNG should be exported on ves15 sels documented under the laws of the United 

16 States. 

17 (2) REQUIREMENT.—Section 3 of the Natural 

18 Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at 

19 the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(g) TRANSPORTATION OF EXPORTS OF LNG ON

21 VESSELS DOCUMENTED UNDER LAWS OF THE UNITED

22 STATES.—As a condition for approval of any authoriza23 tion to export LNG, the Secretary of Energy shall require 

24 the applicant to transport the authorized exports on ves25 sels documented under the laws of the United States, as 

26 follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Fifteen percent of the LNG authorized to 

2 be exported in each of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 

3 2024. 

4 ‘‘(2) Thirty percent of the LNG authorized to 

5 be exported in 2025 and each year thereafter.’’. 

6 (3) OPPORTUNITIES FOR LICENSED AND UNLI7 CENSED MARINERS.—Each Federal official respon8 sible for the issuance of a permit authorizing the ex9 port of LNG shall require, as a condition and term 

10 of the permit, that the permittee shall provide oppor11 tunities for United States licensed and unlicensed 

12 mariners to receive experience and training nec13 essary for them to become credentialed in working 

14 on an LNG vessel. 

15 (b) CRUDE OIL.—Section 101 of title I of division 

16 O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 

17 U.S.C. 6212a) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsections 

19 (c) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c), (d), and 

20 (e)’’; 

21 (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub22 section (f); and 

23 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(e) TRANSPORTATION OF EXPORTS OF CRUDE OIL

2 ON VESSELS DOCUMENTED UNDER LAWS OF THE

3 UNITED STATES.—As a condition to export crude oil, the 

4 President shall require an applicant to transport the ex5 ports on vessels documented under the laws of the United 

6 States, as follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) Fifteen percent of the crude oil to be ex8 ported in each of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 

9 2024. 

10 ‘‘(2) Thirty percent of the crude oil to be ex11 ported in 2025 and each year thereafter.’’. 

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