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2		-	Union Calendar No. 11
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3	2		118THCONGRESS
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5	4		STSESSION H. R. 1130
6		-	[Report No. 118–18]
7	5		To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.
8	6		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	7		FEBRUARY21, 2023
10	8		Mr. J
11	9		OHNSONof Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
12	10		Committee on Energy and Commerce
13		-	M
14		-	ARCH23, 2023
15		-	Additional sponsors: Mr. B
16		-	ALDERSON, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. MIKEGARCIAof
17		-	California, Mr. C
18		-	URTIS, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. BUCSHON, and Mrs. LESKO
19		-	M
20		-	ARCH23, 2023
21		-	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
22		-	House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
23		-	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
24		-	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 21, 2023]
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28	11		A BILL
29	12		To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural
30	13		gas.
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34	14		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
35	15		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
36	16		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
37		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unlocking our ~~Domestic~~ 4
38		-	LNG Potential Act of 2023’’. 5
	17	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unlocking our Domes-4
	18	+	tic LNG Potential Act of 2023’’. 5
39	19		SEC. 2. ADVANCING UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. 6
40		-	Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is 7
41		-	amended— 8
	20	+	Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) 7
	21	+	is amended— 8
42	22		(1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); 9
43	23		(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 10
44	24		subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 11
45		-	(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 12
46		-	(c), and moving such subsection after subsection (b), 13
47		-	as so redesignated; 14
48		-	(4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by 15
49		-	amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: ‘‘(1) The 16
50		-	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (in this sub-17
51		-	section referred to as the ‘Commission’) shall have the 18
52		-	exclusive authority to approve or deny an application 19
53		-	for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of 20
54		-	a facility to export natural gas from the United 21
55		-	States to a foreign country or import natural gas 22
56		-	from a foreign country, including an LNG terminal. 23
57		-	In determining whether to approve or deny an appli-24
58		-	cation under this paragraph, the Commission shall 25
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62		-	deem the exportation or importation of natural gas to 1
63		-	be consistent with the public interest. Except as spe-2
64		-	cifically provided in this Act, nothing in this Act is 3
65		-	intended to affect otherwise applicable law related to 4
66		-	any Federal agency’s authorities or responsibilities 5
67		-	related to facilities to import or export natural gas, 6
68		-	including LNG terminals.’’; and 7
69		-	(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-8
70		-	section: 9
71		-	‘‘(d)(1) Nothing in this Act limits the authority of the 10
72		-	President under the Constitution, the International Emer-11
73		-	gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the 12
74		-	National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), part 13
75		-	B of title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 14
76		-	(42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.), the Trading With the Enemy Act 15
77		-	(50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), or any other provision of law that 16
78		-	imposes sanctions on a foreign person or foreign govern-17
79		-	ment (including any provision of law that prohibits or re-18
80		-	stricts United States persons from engaging in a trans-19
81		-	action with a sanctioned person or government), including 20
82		-	a country that is designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, 21
83		-	to prohibit imports or exports. 22
84		-	‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘state sponsor of ter-23
85		-	rorism’ means a country the government of which the Sec-24
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89		-	retary of State determines has repeatedly provided support 1
90		-	for international terrorism pursuant to— 2
91		-	‘‘(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control 3
92		-	Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 4
93		-	‘‘(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 5
94		-	of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 6
95		-	‘‘(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 7
96		-	(22 U.S.C. 2780); or 8
97		-	‘‘(D) any other provision of law.’’. 9
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109		-	H. R. 1130
110		-	[Report No. 118–18]
111		-	A BILL
112		-	To repeal restrictions on the export and import of
113		-	natural gas.
114		-	M
115		-	ARCH
116		-	23, 2023
117		-	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
118		-	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
119		-	and ordered to be printed
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	28	+	(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-1
	29	+	section (c), and moving such subsection after sub-2
	30	+	section (b), as so redesignated; 3
	31	+	(4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by 4
	32	+	amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: ‘‘(1) The 5
	33	+	Commission shall have the exclusive authority to ap-6
	34	+	prove or deny an application for the siting, construc-7
	35	+	tion, expansion, or operation of a facility to export 8
	36	+	natural gas from the United States to a foreign 9
	37	+	country or import natural gas from a foreign coun-10
	38	+	try, including an LNG terminal. Except as specifi-11
	39	+	cally provided in this Act, nothing in this Act is in-12
	40	+	tended to affect otherwise applicable law related to 13
	41	+	any Federal agency’s authorities or responsibilities 14
	42	+	related to facilities to import or export natural gas, 15
	43	+	including LNG terminals.’’; and 16
	44	+	(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-17
	45	+	section: 18
	46	+	‘‘(d)(1) Nothing in this Act limits the authority of 19
	47	+	the President under the Constitution, the International 20
	48	+	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 21
	49	+	seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 22
	50	+	seq.), part B of title II of the Energy Policy and Conserva-23
	51	+	tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.), the Trading With the 24
	52	+	Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), or any other provi-25
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	56	+	sion of law that imposes sanctions on a foreign person or 1
	57	+	foreign government (including any provision of law that 2
	58	+	prohibits or restricts United States persons from engaging 3
	59	+	in a transaction with a sanctioned person or government), 4
	60	+	including a country that is designated as a state sponsor 5
	61	+	of terrorism, to prohibit imports or exports. 6
	62	+	‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘state sponsor of ter-7
	63	+	rorism’ means a country the government of which the Sec-8
	64	+	retary of State determines has repeatedly provided sup-9
	65	+	port for international terrorism pursuant to— 10
	66	+	‘‘(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Con-11
	67	+	trol Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 12
	68	+	‘‘(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 13
	69	+	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 14
	70	+	‘‘(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 15
	71	+	(22 U.S.C. 2780); or 16
	72	+	‘‘(D) any other provision of law.’’. 17
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