HLS 15RS-200 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 36
BY REPRESENTATIVE KLECKLEY AND SENATOR ALARIO
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Wednesday, May 13, 2015, as Liquefied
Natural Gas Day at the state capitol
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To recognize Wednesday, May 13, 2015, as the third annual Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
3 Day at the state capitol.
4 WHEREAS, plentiful natural gas supplies and unprecedented advances in technology
5have provided a historic opportunity for the United States to achieve energy self-sufficiency
6while creating jobs and wealth for our economy; and
7 WHEREAS, pioneering exploration and extraction methods have opened vast natural
8gas resources to development in areas such as the Haynesville Shale so that demand on
9United States natural gas markets can grow with little impact on domestic prices; and
10 WHEREAS, the Department of Energy estimates natural gas production levels will
11increase by fifty-five percent by the year 2040; this is a growth trend that can support
12domestic demand while allowing the United States to capitalize on the economic benefit of
13exporting abundant natural gas to other nations; and
14 WHEREAS, expanding markets for United States natural gas is also consistent with
15national trade and security policy because failure to expand liquefied natural gas exports
16would force our allies to continue to rely on regimes that are hostile to United States'
17interests for their energy needs; and
18 WHEREAS, global demand for liquefied natural gas is expected to increase
19significantly over the next two decades, with Louisiana gas poised to play a major role in
20meeting such demand; and
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1 WHEREAS, liquefied natural gas exports will create tens of thousands of
2construction and operations jobs in the state of Louisiana and will support fifty thousand
3jobs; and
4 WHEREAS, fourteen liquefied natural gas production facilities have been proposed
5in the state of Louisiana with a total announced investment of over 64 billion dollars,
6including the first two fully permitted export facilities in the lower forty-eight states, which
7are currently under construction in Cameron Parish; and
8 WHEREAS, liquefied natural gas exports could provide incentives for new
9infrastructure investments worth billions of dollars and generate royalties and local tax
10revenues in communities across the state of Louisiana; and
11 WHEREAS, a diverse coalition of Louisiana LNG producers, energy and petroleum
12companies, business groups, service companies, and others have expressed their support for
13LNG exports.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
15recognize Wednesday, May 13, 2015, as the third annual Liquefied Natural Gas Day at the
16state capitol and does hereby express support for the efforts of "Our Energy Movement", a
17nonprofit, grassroots organization with the mission of supporting the exports of natural gas
18and educating the public and policy leaders on the benefits that LNG exports will bring to
19the United States.
20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
21to members of the United States Congress as an expression of the Legislature of Louisiana's
22support of liquefied natural gas exports and the streamlining and expediting of permit
23approval for pending export facilities so that the economic benefits of LNG exports can be
24magnified throughout the state of Louisiana as well as the United States.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument.
HCR 36 Original 2015 Regular Session Kleckley
Recognizes Wednesday, May 13, 2015, as the 3rd annual Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Day
at the state capitol.
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