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1	2		118THCONGRESS
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3	4		DSESSION H. R. 7176
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.
	6	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	7	+	JANUARY31, 2024
	8	+	Mr. P
	9	+	FLUGERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
	10	+	Committee on Energy and Commerce
	11	+	A BILL
5	12		To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural
6	13		gas.
7	14		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
8		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
9		-	•HR 7176 EH
10		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
11		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unlocking our Domes-2
12		-	tic LNG Potential Act of 2024’’. 3
13		-	SEC. 2. ADVANCING UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. 4
14		-	Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) 5
15		-	is amended— 6
16		-	(1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); 7
17		-	(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 8
18		-	subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 9
19		-	(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-10
20		-	section (c), and moving such subsection after sub-11
21		-	section (b), as so redesignated; 12
22		-	(4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by 13
23		-	amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: ‘‘(1) The 14
24		-	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (in this sub-15
25		-	section referred to as the ‘Commission’) shall have 16
26		-	the exclusive authority to approve or deny an appli-17
27		-	cation for authorization for the siting, construction, 18
28		-	expansion, or operation of a facility to export nat-19
29		-	ural gas from the United States to a foreign country 20
30		-	or import natural gas from a foreign country, in-21
31		-	cluding an LNG terminal. In determining whether to 22
32		-	approve or deny an application under this para-23
33		-	graph, the Commission shall deem the exportation or 24
34		-	importation of natural gas to be consistent with the 25
35		-	public interest. Except as specifically provided in 26 3
36		-	•HR 7176 EH
37		-	this Act, nothing in this Act is intended to affect 1
38		-	otherwise applicable law related to any Federal 2
39		-	agency’s authorities or responsibilities related to fa-3
40		-	cilities to import or export natural gas, including 4
41		-	LNG terminals.’’; and 5
42		-	(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-6
43		-	section: 7
44		-	‘‘(d)(1) Nothing in this Act limits the authority of 8
45		-	the President under the Constitution, the International 9
46		-	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 10
47		-	seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 11
48		-	seq.), part B of title II of the Energy Policy and Conserva-12
49		-	tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.), the Trading With the 13
50		-	Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), or any other provi-14
51		-	sion of law that imposes sanctions on a foreign person or 15
52		-	foreign government (including any provision of law that 16
53		-	prohibits or restricts United States persons from engaging 17
54		-	in a transaction with a sanctioned person or government), 18
55		-	including a country that is designated as a state sponsor 19
56		-	of terrorism, to prohibit imports or exports. 20
57		-	‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘state sponsor of ter-21
58		-	rorism’ means a country the government of which the Sec-22
59		-	retary of State determines has repeatedly provided sup-23
60		-	port for international terrorism pursuant to— 24 4
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62		-	‘‘(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Con-1
63		-	trol Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 2
64		-	‘‘(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 3
65		-	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 4
66		-	‘‘(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 5
67		-	(22 U.S.C. 2780); or 6
68		-	‘‘(D) any other provision of law.’’. 7
69		-	Passed the House of Representatives February 15,
70		-	2024.
71		-	Attest:
72		-	Clerk. 118
73		-	TH
74		-	CONGRESS
75		-	2
76		-	D
77		-	S
78		-	ESSION
79		-
80		-	H. R. 7176
81		-	AN ACT
82		-	To repeal restrictions on the export and import of
83		-	natural gas.
	15	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	16	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	17	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unlocking our Domes-4
	18	+	tic LNG Potential Act of 2024’’. 5
	19	+	SEC. 2. ADVANCING UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. 6
	20	+	Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) 7
	21	+	is amended— 8
	22	+	(1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); 9
	23	+	(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 10
	24	+	subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 11
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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	+	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (in this sub-6
	34	+	section referred to as the ‘Commission’) shall have 7
	35	+	the exclusive authority to approve or deny an appli-8
	36	+	cation for authorization for the siting, construction, 9
	37	+	expansion, or operation of a facility to export nat-10
	38	+	ural gas from the United States to a foreign country 11
	39	+	or import natural gas from a foreign country, in-12
	40	+	cluding an LNG terminal. In determining whether to 13
	41	+	approve or deny an application under this para-14
	42	+	graph, the Commission shall deem the exportation or 15
	43	+	importation of natural gas to be consistent with the 16
	44	+	public interest. Except as specifically provided in 17
	45	+	this Act, nothing in this Act is intended to affect 18
	46	+	otherwise applicable law related to any Federal 19
	47	+	agency’s authorities or responsibilities related to fa-20
	48	+	cilities to import or export natural gas, including 21
	49	+	LNG terminals.’’; and 22
	50	+	(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-23
	51	+	section: 24
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	54	+	•HR 7176 IH
	55	+	‘‘(d)(1) Nothing in this Act limits the authority of 1
	56	+	the President under the Constitution, the International 2
	57	+	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 3
	58	+	seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 4
	59	+	seq.), part B of title II of the Energy Policy and Conserva-5
	60	+	tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.), the Trading With the 6
	61	+	Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), or any other provi-7
	62	+	sion of law that imposes sanctions on a foreign person or 8
	63	+	foreign government (including any provision of law that 9
	64	+	prohibits or restricts United States persons from engaging 10
	65	+	in a transaction with a sanctioned person or government), 11
	66	+	including a country that is designated as a state sponsor 12
	67	+	of terrorism, to prohibit imports or exports. 13
	68	+	‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘state sponsor of ter-14
	69	+	rorism’ means a country the government of which the Sec-15
	70	+	retary of State determines has repeatedly provided sup-16
	71	+	port for international terrorism pursuant to— 17
	72	+	‘‘(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Con-18
	73	+	trol Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 19
	74	+	‘‘(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 20
	75	+	Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 21
	76	+	‘‘(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 22
	77	+	(22 U.S.C. 2780); or 23
	78	+	‘‘(D) any other provision of law.’’. 24
	79	+	Æ
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