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Union Calendar No. 353 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6 
[Report No. 113–477] 
To provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural gas to World 
Trade Organization countries, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2014 
Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. UPTON, Mr. SHIMKUS, 
Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. BARTON, Mr. OLSON, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, 
Mr. GUTHRIE, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. BURGESS, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. LANCE, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. 
LATTA, Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Mr. PITTS, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, 
Mr. HALL, Mr. TURNER, Mr. BOUSTANY, and Mr. WOMACK) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
JUNE 19, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. HEN-
SARLING, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. COFF-
MAN, Mr. DENT, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. COSTA, Mr. SES-
SIONS, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. COLLINS of 
New York, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. TERRY, Mrs. 
BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. 
GOSAR, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. FLORES, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. PALAZZO, 
Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. KLINE, Mr. HINOJOSA, and Mr. LAMBORN 
JUNE 19, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
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A BILL 
To provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural 
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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 ‘‘Domestic Prosperity 
and Global Freedom Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 
717b(c)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘For purposes’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘a nation with which there is in 
effect a free trade agreement requiring national 
treatment for trade in natural gas’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
World Trade Organization member nation’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘World 
Trade Organization member nation’ means a country de-
scribed in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(10)).’’. 
SEC. 3. PENDING APPLICATIONS. 
Any application for authorization to export natural 
gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 
717b) for which a notice has been published in the Federal 
Register before March 6, 2014, shall be granted without 
modification or delay. 
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