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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2494 

To expedite applications to export natural gas, to require the public disclosure 

of liquefied natural gas export destinations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2014 

Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Ms. LANDRIEU, and Mr. BEGICH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To expedite applications to export natural gas, to require 

the public disclosure of liquefied natural gas export destinations, 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 Export 

5 Promotion Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. APPLICATIONS TO EXPORT NATURAL GAS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (referred 

8 to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall issue a final 

9 decision on any application for authorization to export 


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1 natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 

2 U.S.C. 717b) that is pending on or filed on or after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act not later than 45 days after 

4 conclusion of the review required by the National Environ5 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

6 (b) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except for review in the Su8 preme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for 

9 the circuit in which the export facility will be located 

10 pursuant to an application described in subsection 

11 (a) shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over 

12 any civil action for the review of— 

13 (A) an order issued by the Secretary with 

14 respect to the application; or 

15 (B) the failure of the Secretary to issue a 

16 decision on the application. 

17 (2) ORDER.—If the Court in a civil action de18 scribed in paragraph (1) finds that the Secretary 

19 has failed to issue a decision on the application as 

20 required under subsection (a), the Court shall order 

21 the Secretary to issue the decision not later than 30 

22 days after the order of the Court. 

23 (3) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—The Court 

24 shall— 


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1 (A) set any civil action brought under this 

2 subsection for expedited consideration; and 

3 (B) set the matter on the docket as soon 

4 as practicable after the filing date of the initial 

5 pleading. 

6 SEC. 3. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF EXPORT DESTINATIONS. 

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

8 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(g) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL

10 GAS EXPORT DESTINATIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any author12 ization to export liquefied natural gas, the Secretary 

13 of Energy shall require the applicant to report to the 

14 Secretary of Energy the names of the one or more 

15 countries of destination to which the exported lique16 fied natural gas is delivered. 

17 ‘‘(2) TIMING.—The applicant shall file the re18 port required under paragraph (1) not later than— 

19 ‘‘(A) in the case of the first export, the 

20 last day of the month following the month of 

21 the first export; and 

22 ‘‘(B) in the case of subsequent exports, the 

23 date that is 30 days after the last day of the 

24 applicable month concerning the activity of the 

25 previous month. 


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1 ‘‘(3) DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary of Energy 

2 shall publish the information reported under this 

3 subsection on the website of the Department of En4 ergy and otherwise make the information available 

5 to the public.’’. 

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