Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act

Bill: 115-hr-4606
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-11
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Oil and gas

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-12-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to state that an application under the Natural Gas Act for the importation or exportation of natural gas that does not exceed 0.14 billion cubic feet per day shall be granted without modification or delay.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4606 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2017 Mr. Johnson of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Latta , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Flores , and Mr. Cuellar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide that applications under the Natural Gas Act for the importation or exportation of small volumes of natural gas shall be granted without modification or delay.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act . 2. Small scale exportation or importation of natural gas Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717b(c) ) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (b), or and inserting subsection (b), ; and (2) by inserting , or the importation or exportation of a volume of natural gas that does not exceed 0.14 billion cubic feet per day after national treatment for trade in natural gas .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 651 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4606 [Report No. 115–842] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2017 Mr. Johnson of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Latta , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Flores , and Mr. Cuellar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce July 18, 2018 Additional sponsors: Mr. Duncan of South Carolina and Mr. Gene Green of Texas July 18, 2018 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 For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 11, 2017 A BILL To provide that applications under the Natural Gas Act for the importation or exportation of small volumes of natural gas shall be granted without modification or delay.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act . 2. Small scale exportation or importation of natural gas Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717b(c) ) is amended— (1) by striking For purposes and inserting (1) For purposes ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) For purposes of subsection (a), and in addition to any importation or exportation of natural gas described in paragraph (1), importation or exportation of natural gas shall be deemed to be consistent with the public interest, and an application for such importation or exportation shall be granted without modification or delay, if— (A) the application for such importation or exportation proposes to import or export a volume of natural gas that does not exceed 0.14 billion cubic feet per day; and (B) the Commission’s approval of such application does not require an environmental impact statement or an environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. .

July 18, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IB 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4606 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To provide that applications under the Natural Gas Act for the importation or exportation of small volumes of natural gas shall be granted without modification or delay.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act . 2. Small scale exportation or importation of natural gas Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717b(c) ) is amended— (1) by striking For purposes and inserting (1) For purposes ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) For purposes of subsection (a), and in addition to any importation or exportation of natural gas described in paragraph (1), importation or exportation of natural gas shall be deemed to be consistent with the public interest, and an application for such importation or exportation shall be granted without modification or delay, if— (A) the application for such importation or exportation proposes to import or export a volume of natural gas that does not exceed 0.14 billion cubic feet per day; and (B) the Commission’s approval of such application does not require an environmental impact statement or an environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. .

Passed the House of Representatives September 6, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4606 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 6, 2018 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources AN ACT To provide that applications under the Natural Gas Act for the importation or exportation of small volumes of natural gas shall be granted without modification or delay.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act . 2. Small scale exportation or importation of natural gas Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717b(c) ) is amended— (1) by striking For purposes and inserting (1) For purposes ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) For purposes of subsection (a), and in addition to any importation or exportation of natural gas described in paragraph (1), importation or exportation of natural gas shall be deemed to be consistent with the public interest, and an application for such importation or exportation shall be granted without modification or delay, if— (A) the application for such importation or exportation proposes to import or export a volume of natural gas that does not exceed 0.14 billion cubic feet per day; and (B) the Commission’s approval of such application does not require an environmental impact statement or an environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. .

Passed the House of Representatives September 6, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.