Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act

Bill: 115-hr-4605
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-11
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Oil and gas

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-12-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to grant the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the exclusive authority to approve or deny an application for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a facility to export natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or import natural gas from a foreign country, including a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal.</p> <p>The bill states that nothing in the Natural Gas Act limits the authority of the President under any provision of law that imposes sanctions on a foreign person or government, including a foreign government that is designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, to prohibit imports or exports.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4605 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2017 Mr. Johnson of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Latta , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Flores , Mr. Cuellar , and Mr. Ryan of Ohio ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act . 2. Import and Export of Natural Gas Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717b ) is amended— (1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c), and moving such subsection after subsection (b), as so redesignated; (4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) The Commission shall have the exclusive authority to approve or deny an application for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a facility to export natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or import natural gas from a foreign country, including an LNG terminal. Except as specifically provided in this Act, nothing in this Act is intended to affect otherwise applicable law related to any Federal agency’s authorities or responsibilities related to facilities to import or export natural gas, including LNG terminals. ; and (5) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) Nothing in this Act limits the authority of the President under the Constitution, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), part B of title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.), the Trading With the Enemy Act ( 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.), or any other provision of law that imposes sanctions on a foreign person or foreign government (including any provision of law that prohibits or restricts United States persons from engaging in a transaction with a sanctioned person or government), including a foreign government that is designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, to prohibit imports or exports. .