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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6124 

To amend certain provisions of the Natural Gas Act relating to exportation 

or importation of natural gas, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 

Mr. WU introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend certain provisions of the Natural Gas Act relating 

to exportation or importation of natural gas, 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 ‘‘Local Control for En5 ergy and Environment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXPORTATION OR IMPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS. 

7 (a) AMENDMENTS TO NATURAL GAS ACT.— 

8 (1) SCOPE OF NATURAL GAS ACT.—Section 1(b) 

9 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717(b)) is 

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1 portation of natural gas in foreign commerce and to 

2 persons engaged in such importation or expor3 tation,’’ after ‘‘such transportation or sale,’’. 

4 (2) DEFINITION.—Section 2 of the Natural Gas 

5 Act (15 U.S.C. 717a) is amended by striking para6 graph (11). 

7 (3) AUTHORIZATION FOR SITING, CONSTRUC8 TION, EXPANSION, OR OPERATION OF LNG TERMI9 NALS.— 

10 (A) The title for section 3 of the Natural 

11 Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by strik12 ing ‘‘; LNG TERMINALS’’. 

13 (B) Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 

14 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by striking sub15 sections (d), (e), and (f). 

16 (4) LNG TERMINAL STATE AND LOCAL SAFETY

17 CONCERNS.—The Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 

18 et seq.) is amended by striking section 3A. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 311 of the Energy 

21 Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 

22 685) is repealed. 

23 (2) APPLICATION.—The Natural Gas Act (15 

24 U.S.C. 717 et seq.) shall be applied and adminis25 tered as if section 311 of the Energy Policy Act of 


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1 2005 (and the amendments made by the section) 

2 had not been enacted. 

3 SEC. 3. CONSULTATION WITH STATES AND AVAILABILITY. 

4 (a) FERC CONSULTATION WITH STATES.—Notwith5 standing any other provision of law, any interagency 

6 agreements, collaborations, or activities regarding the en7 vironmental impact, safety to public, or security of a lique8 fied natural gas facility entered into by the Federal En9 ergy Regulatory Commission shall, where appropriate, in10 clude input by and consultation with the State in which 

11 such facility is located. 

12 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other pro13 vision of law, agreements, collaborations, and activities de14 scribed in subsection (a), and the subsequent reports and 

15 documents from such agreements, collaborations, and ac16 tivities, shall, unless vital to national security, as deter17 mined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, be made 

18 available to the public in print and on an Internet website. 

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