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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 428 
To provide for the expedited approval by the Secretary of Energy of liquefied 
natural gas exports, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2015 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Mr. COSTA) 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the expedited approval by the Secretary of 
Energy of liquefied natural gas exports, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Export American Nat-
ural Gas Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORT APPROVAL. 
Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(g)(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall approve or deny an application for approval of the 
export of liquefied natural gas, whether through an on-
shore or offshore terminal, not later than 60 days after 
the later of— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary receiving a completed 
application; 
‘‘(B) the applicant entering into a contract 
with a customer for the liquefied natural gas 
proposed to be exported; and 
‘‘(C) the date of the enactment of this Act. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary has not approved or denied an 
application by the deadline established under paragraph 
(1), the application shall be deemed to have been ap-
proved. 
‘‘(3) This subsection shall not apply to an application 
for export to a nation to which such export is prohibited 
by law. 
‘‘(h) Authorization shall be provided under subsection 
(a) separately from and simultaneously with authorization 
required from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
or the Maritime Administration, as applicable.’’. 
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SEC. 3. REPORT ON GLOBAL EXPORTS OF NATURAL GAS 
PRODUCTION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the following: 
(1) The economic policies of foreign countries 
with natural gas resources and reserves as such poli-
cies relate to the development and production of 
their natural gas resources and reserves and the ex-
tent and status of their natural gas resources and 
reserves. 
(2) The potential to export the natural gas pro-
duction of such foreign countries to the global mar-
ket and the impact of the export of such natural gas 
production on the global market. 
(3) A description of actions taken by the United 
States Government to foster natural gas exports to 
foreign countries that may have an interest in im-
porting natural gas from the United States. 
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