‘‘(B) In each of the 8th and 9th calendar 
years following the calendar year in which this 
subsection is enacted, not less than 3 percent. 
‘‘(C) In each of the 10th and 11th cal-
endar years following the calendar year in 
which this subsection is enacted, not less than 
4 percent. 
‘‘(D) In each of the 12th and 13th cal-
endar years following the calendar year in 
which this subsection is enacted, not less than 
6 percent. 
‘‘(E) In each of the 14th and 15th cal-
endar years following the calendar year in 
which this subsection is enacted, not less than 
7 percent. 
‘‘(F) In each of the 16th and 17th cal-
endar years following the calendar year in 
which this subsection is enacted, not less than 
9 percent. 
‘‘(G) In each of the 18th and 19th cal-
endar years following the calendar year in 
which this subsection is enacted, not less than 
11 percent. 
‘‘(H) In each of the 20th and 21st cal-
endar years following the calendar year in 
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which this subsection is enacted, not less than 
13 percent. 
‘‘(I) In the 22nd calendar year after the 
calendar year in which this subsection is en-
acted and each calendar year thereafter, not 
less than 15 percent. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR VESSELS.—A vessel 
meets the requirements described in this para-
graph— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each of the 5 calendar 
years following the calendar year in which this 
subsection is enacted— 
‘‘(i) if— 
‘‘(I) the vessel is documented 
under the laws of the United States; 
and 
‘‘(II) with respect to any retrofit 
work necessary for the vessel to ex-
port natural gas— 
‘‘(aa) such work is done in a 
shipyard in the United States; 
and 
‘‘(bb) any component of the 
vessel listed in paragraph (4) 
that 
is 
installed 
during 
the 
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course of such work is manufac-
tured in the United States; or 
‘‘(ii) if— 
‘‘(I) the vessel is built in the 
United States; 
‘‘(II) the vessel is documented 
under the laws of the United States; 
‘‘(III) all major components of 
the hull or superstructure of the ves-
sel are manufactured (including all 
manufacturing processes from the ini-
tial melting stage through the applica-
tion of coatings for iron or steel prod-
ucts) in the United States; and 
‘‘(IV) the components of the ves-
sel listed in paragraph (4) are manu-
factured in the United States; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to the 6th calendar year 
following the calendar year in which this sub-
section is enacted, and each calendar year 
thereafter, if the vessel meets the requirements 
of subparagraph (A)(ii). 
‘‘(4) COMPONENTS.—The components of a ves-
sel listed in this paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(A) Air circuit breakers. 
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‘‘(B) Welded shipboard anchor and moor-
ing chain. 
‘‘(C) Powered and non-powered valves in 
Federal Supply Classes 4810 and 4820 used in 
piping. 
‘‘(D) Machine tools in the Federal Supply 
Classes for metal-working machinery numbered 
3405, 3408, 3410 through 3419, 3426, 3433, 
3438, 3441 through 3443, 3445, 3446, 3448, 
3449, 3460, and 3461. 
‘‘(E) Auxiliary equipment for shipboard 
services, including pumps. 
‘‘(F) Propulsion equipment, including en-
gines, propulsion motors, reduction gears, and 
propellers. 
‘‘(G) Shipboard cranes. 
‘‘(H) Spreaders for shipboard cranes. 
‘‘(I) Rotating electrical equipment, includ-
ing electrical alternators and motors. 
‘‘(J) Compressors, pumps, and heat ex-
changers used in managing and re-liquefying 
boil-off gas from liquefied natural gas. 
‘‘(5) WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—The Commission 
may waive the requirement under clause (i)(II)(bb) 
or (ii)(IV), as applicable, of paragraph (3)(A) with 
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respect to a component of a vessel if the Maritime 
Administrator determines that— 
‘‘(A) 
application 
of 
the 
requirement 
would— 
‘‘(i) result in an increase of 25 per-
cent or more in the cost of the component 
of the vessel; or 
‘‘(ii) cause unreasonable delays to be 
incurred in building or retrofitting the ves-
sel; or 
‘‘(B) such component is not manufactured 
in the United States in sufficient and reason-
ably available quantities of a satisfactory qual-
ity. 
‘‘(6) OPPORTUNITIES FOR LICENSED AND UNLI-
CENSED MARINERS.—Except as provided in para-
graph (7), the Commission shall include, in any 
order issued under subsection (a) that authorizes a 
person to export natural gas, a condition that the 
person provide opportunities for United States li-
censed and unlicensed mariners to receive experience 
and training necessary to become credentialed in 
working on a vessel transporting natural gas. 
‘‘(7) EXCEPTION.—The Commission may not 
include in any order issued under subsection (a) au-
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thorizing a person to export natural gas to a nation 
with which there is in effect a free trade agreement 
requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas 
a condition described in paragraph (1), or a condi-
tion described in paragraph (6), if the United States 
Trade Representative certifies to the Commission, in 
writing, that such condition would violate obligations 
of the United States under such free trade agree-
ment. 
‘‘(8) USE OF FEDERAL INFORMATION.—In car-
rying out paragraph (1), the Commission— 
‘‘(A) shall use information made available 
by— 
‘‘(i) the Energy Information Adminis-
tration; or 
‘‘(ii) any other Federal agency or enti-
ty the Commission determines appropriate; 
and 
‘‘(B) may use information made available 
by a private entity only if applicable informa-
tion described in subparagraph (A) is not avail-
able.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 3(c) 
of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘or the exportation of natural 
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gas’’ and inserting ‘‘or, subject to subsection (g), the 
exportation of natural gas’’. 
(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 
(f)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) TRANSPORTATION OF EXPORTS OF CRUDE OIL 
ON
VESSELS
DOCUMENTED
UNDER
LAWS
OF
THE 
UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (6), as a condition to export crude oil, the 
President shall require that a person exporting crude 
oil transport the crude oil on a vessel that meets the 
requirements described in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the require-
ment under paragraph (1) is to ensure that, of all 
crude oil exported by vessel in a calendar year, the 
following percentage is exported by a vessel that 
meets the requirements described in paragraph (3): 
‘‘(A) In each of the 7 calendar years fol-
lowing the calendar year in which this sub-
section is enacted, not less than 3 percent. 
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‘‘(B) In each of the 8th, 9th, and 10th cal-
endar years following the calendar year in 
which this subsection is enacted, not less than 
6 percent. 
‘‘(C) In each of the 11th, 12th, and 13th 
calendar years following the calendar year in 
which this subsection is enacted, not less than 
8 percent. 
‘‘(D) In the 14th calendar year following 
the calendar year in which this subsection is en-
acted and each calendar year thereafter, not 
less than 10 percent. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR VESSELS.—A vessel 
meets the requirements described in this para-
graph— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each of the 4 calendar 
years following the calendar year in which this 
subsection is enacted— 
‘‘(i) if— 
‘‘(I) the vessel is documented 
under the laws of the United States; 
and 
‘‘(II) with respect to any retrofit 
work necessary for the vessel to ex-
port crude oil— 
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‘‘(aa) such work is done in a 
shipyard in the United States; 
and 
‘‘(bb) any component of the 
vessel listed in paragraph (4) 
that 
is 
installed 
during 
the 
course of such work is manufac-
tured in the United States; or 
‘‘(ii) if— 
‘‘(I) the vessel is built in the 
United States; 
‘‘(II) the vessel is documented 
under the laws of the United States; 
‘‘(III) all major components of 
the hull or superstructure of the ves-
sel are manufactured (including all 
manufacturing processes from the ini-
tial melting stage through the applica-
tion of coatings for iron or steel prod-
ucts) in the United States; and 
‘‘(IV) the components of the ves-
sel listed in paragraph (4) are manu-
factured in the United States; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to the 5th calendar year 
following the calendar year in which this sub-
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section is enacted and each calendar year there-
after, if the vessel meets the requirements of 
subparagraph (A)(ii). 
‘‘(4) COMPONENTS.—The components of a ves-
sel listed in this paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(A) Air circuit breakers. 
‘‘(B) Welded shipboard anchor and moor-
ing chain. 
‘‘(C) Powered and non-powered valves in 
Federal Supply Classes 4810 and 4820 used in 
piping. 
‘‘(D) Machine tools in the Federal Supply 
Classes for metal-working machinery numbered 
3405, 3408, 3410 through 3419, 3426, 3433, 
3438, 3441 through 3443, 3445, 3446, 3448, 
3449, 3460, and 3461. 
‘‘(E) Auxiliary equipment for shipboard 
services, including pumps. 
‘‘(F) Propulsion equipment, including en-
gines, propulsion motors, reduction gears, and 
propellers. 
‘‘(G) Shipboard cranes. 
‘‘(H) Spreaders for shipboard cranes. 
‘‘(I) Rotating electrical equipment, includ-
ing electrical alternators and motors. 
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‘‘(5) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The President may 
waive the requirement under clause (i)(II)(bb) or 
clause (ii)(IV), as applicable, of paragraph (3)(A) 
with respect to a component of a vessel if the Mari-
time Administrator determines that— 
‘‘(A) 
application 
of 
the 
requirement 
would— 
‘‘(i) result in an increase of 25 per-
cent or more in the cost of the component 
of the vessel; or 
‘‘(ii) cause unreasonable delays to be 
incurred in building or retrofitting the ves-
sel; or 
‘‘(B) such component is not manufactured 
in the United States in sufficient and reason-
ably available quantities of a satisfactory qual-
ity. 
‘‘(6) EXCEPTION.—The President may not, 
under paragraph (1), condition the export of crude 
oil to a nation with which there is in effect a free 
trade agreement requiring national treatment for 
trade in crude oil if the United States Trade Rep-
resentative certifies to the President, in writing, that 
such condition would violate obligations of the 
United States under such free trade agreement. 
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