I 
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. 
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 ‘‘Local Control for En-
ergy and Environment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPORTATION OR IMPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO NATURAL GAS ACT.— 
(1) SCOPE OF NATURAL GAS ACT.—Section 1(b) 
of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and to the importation or ex-
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portation of natural gas in foreign commerce and to 
persons engaged in such importation or expor-
tation,’’ after ‘‘such transportation or sale,’’. 
(2) DEFINITION.—Section 2 of the Natural Gas 
Act (15 U.S.C. 717a) is amended by striking para-
graph (11). 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
FOR
SITING, CONSTRUC-
TION, EXPANSION, OR OPERATION OF LNG TERMI-
NALS.— 
(A) The title for section 3 of the Natural 
Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘; LNG TERMINALS’’. 
(B) Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 
U.S.C. 717b) is amended by striking sub-
sections (d), (e), and (f). 
(4) LNG TERMINAL STATE AND LOCAL SAFETY 
CONCERNS.—The Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 
et seq.) is amended by striking section 3A. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 311 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 
685) is repealed. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The Natural Gas Act (15 
U.S.C. 717 et seq.) shall be applied and adminis-
tered as if section 311 of the Energy Policy Act of 
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2005 (and the amendments made by the section) 
had not been enacted. 
SEC. 3. CONSULTATION WITH STATES AND AVAILABILITY. 
(a) FERC CONSULTATION WITH STATES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any interagency 
agreements, collaborations, or activities regarding the en-
vironmental impact, safety to public, or security of a lique-
fied natural gas facility entered into by the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission shall, where appropriate, in-
clude input by and consultation with the State in which 
such facility is located. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, agreements, collaborations, and activities de-
scribed in subsection (a), and the subsequent reports and 
documents from such agreements, collaborations, and ac-
tivities, shall, unless vital to national security, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, be made 
available to the public in print and on an Internet website. 
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