I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1240 
To require a certain percentage of liquefied natural gas 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 
FEBRUARY 28, 2017 
Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, and Mr. HUNTER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, 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 liquefied natural gas and 
crude oil exports be transported on vessels documented 
under the laws of the United States, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energizing American 
Maritime Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL POLICY ON STRATEGIC ENERGY ASSET 
EXPORT TRANSPORTATION. 
(a) LNG EXPORTS.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(A) Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is an ex-
plosive gas that can be hazardous to national 
import and export terminals and ports when 
mishandled. 
(B) LNG is a strategic national asset, the 
export of which will be used to preserve the 
United States tanker fleet and skilled mariner 
workforce that are essential to national secu-
rity. 
(C) For the safety and security of the 
United States, LNG should be exported on ves-
sels documented under the laws of the United 
States. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—Section 3 of the Natural 
Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(g) TRANSPORTATION OF EXPORTS OF LNG ON 
VESSELS DOCUMENTED UNDER LAWS OF THE UNITED 
STATES.—As a condition for approval of any authoriza-
tion to export liquefied natural gas, the Secretary of En-
ergy shall require the applicant to transport the author-
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ized exports on vessels documented under the laws of the 
United States, as follows: 
‘‘(1) Fifteen percent of the liquefied natural gas 
authorized to be exported in each of 2020, 2021, 
2022, 2023, and 2024. 
‘‘(2) Thirty percent of the liquefied natural gas 
authorized to be exported in 2025 and each year 
thereafter.’’. 
(3) OPPORTUNITIES FOR LICENSED AND UNLI-
CENSED MARINERS.—Each Federal official respon-
sible for the issuance of a permit authorizing the ex-
port of liquefied natural gas shall require, as a con-
dition and term of the permit, that the permittee 
shall provide opportunities for United States licensed 
and unlicensed mariners to receive experience and 
training necessary for them to become credentialed 
in working on a liquefied natural gas vessel. 
(b) CRUDE OIL.—Section 101 of title I of division 
O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 
U.S.C. 6212a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsections 
(c) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c), (d), and 
(e)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
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(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) TRANSPORTATION OF EXPORTS OF CRUDE OIL 
ON
VESSELS
DOCUMENTED
UNDER
LAWS
OF
THE 
UNITED STATES.—As a condition to export crude oil, the 
President shall require an applicant to transport the ex-
ports on vessels documented under the laws of the United 
States, as follows: 
‘‘(1) Fifteen percent of the crude oil to be ex-
ported in each of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 
2024. 
‘‘(2) Thirty percent of the crude oil to be ex-
ported in 2025 and each year thereafter.’’. 
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