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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1191 
To provide that the Secretary of the Interior may accept bids on any new 
oil and gas leases of Federal lands (including submerged lands) only 
from bidders certifying that all natural gas produced pursuant to such 
leases shall be offered for sale only in the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2013 
Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. HOLT) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide that the Secretary of the Interior may accept 
bids on any new oil and gas leases of Federal lands 
(including submerged lands) only from bidders certifying 
that all natural gas produced pursuant to such leases 
shall be offered for sale only in the United States, 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 ‘‘Keep American Nat-
ural Gas Here Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NO FOREIGN SALES OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCED 
ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
The Secretary of the Interior may accept bids on any 
new oil and gas leases of Federal lands (including sub-
merged lands) under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) only from bidders certifying that 
all natural gas produced pursuant to such leases shall be 
offered for sale only in the United States. 
SEC. 3. NO FOREIGN SALES OF NATURAL GAS TRANS-
PORTED OVER FEDERAL PIPELINE RIGHTS- 
OF-WAY. 
Section 28(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
185(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) A new right-of-way for a natural gas pipeline 
may not be granted under this section unless the applicant 
for the right-of-way certifies that all natural gas that is 
transported via such pipeline shall be offered for sale only 
in the United States.’’. 
SEC. 4. SUNSET. 
(a) SUNSET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This Act, including any cer-
tification made pursuant to this Act, shall have no 
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force or effect after the expiration of the 10-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
28(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185(a)) 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a)’’; and 
(B) by striking the paragraph added by 
the amendment made by section 3(2). 
(b) REPORT.—Two years before the end of the period 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
each submit a report to the Congress on the impact of 
this Act on natural gas production on Federal lands, con-
sumption of natural gas in the United States, and prices 
and markets for natural gas in the United States. 
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