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SEC. 203. BACKUP POWER CAPACITY STUDY. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress 
a report assessing the adequacy of backup power capacity 
in place as of the date of enactment of this Act, and the 
need for any additional capacity, to provide for the con-
tinuing operation during any reasonably foreseeable emer-
gency situation, of those crude oil or refined petroleum 
product pipeline facilities that the Secretary finds to be 
significant to the Nation’s supply needs, in areas that have 
historically been subject to higher incidents of natural dis-
asters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornados. 
SEC. 204. SUNSET OF LOAN GUARANTEES. 
Section 116(a) of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline 
Act is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall not enter into an agreement 
under paragraph (1) or (2) after the date that is 24 
months after the date of enactment of the Gasoline for 
America’s Security Act of 2005 if the State of Alaska has 
not entered into an agreement pursuant to the Alaska 
Stranded Gas Development Act which in good faith con-
tractually binds the parties to deliver North Slope natural 
gas to markets via the proposed Alaska Natural Gas Pipe-
line.’’.
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SEC. 205. OFFSHORE PIPELINES. 
The Natural Gas Act is amended— 
(1) in section 1(b) 15 U.S.C. 717(b)) by insert-
ing after ‘‘to the production or’’ the following: ‘‘, ex-
cept as provided in section 4(g),’’; and 
(2) in section 4 (15 U.S.C. 717(b)) by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(g)(1) For the purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘gas service provider’ means an 
entity that operates a facility located in the outer 
Continental Shelf that is used to gather or transport 
natural gas on or across the outer Continental Shelf; 
and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘outer Continental Shelf’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2(a) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a)). 
‘‘(2) All gas service providers shall submit to the 
Commission annually the conditions of service for each 
shipper served, consisting of— 
‘‘(A) the full legal name of the shipper receiving 
service; 
‘‘(B) a notation of shipper affiliation; 
‘‘(C) the type of service provided; 
‘‘(D) primary receipt points; 
‘‘(E) primary delivery points; 
‘‘(F) rates between each pair of points; and
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‘‘(G) other conditions of service deemed rel-
evant by the gas service provider. 
‘‘(3) This subsection shall not apply to— 
‘‘(A) a gas service provider that serves exclu-
sively a single entity (either itself or one other 
party), until such time as— 
‘‘(i) the gas service provider agrees to 
serve a second shipper; or 
‘‘(ii) a determination is made that the gas 
service provider’s denial of a request for service 
is unjustified; 
‘‘(B) a gas service provider that serves exclu-
sively shippers with ownership interests in both the 
pipeline operated by the gas service provider and the 
gas produced from a field or fields connected to a 
single pipeline, until such time as— 
‘‘(i) the gas service provider offers to serve 
a nonowner shipper; or 
‘‘(ii) a determination is made that the gas 
service provider’s denial of a request for service 
is unjustified; 
‘‘(C) service rendered over facilities that feed 
into a facility where natural gas is first collected, 
separated, dehydrated, or otherwise processed; and