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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2769
To provide that, for a 3-year period, applications for the exportation of
natural gas to member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion be granted without modification or delay, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL9, 2025
Mrs. F
LETCHERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To provide that, for a 3-year period, applications for the
exportation of natural gas to member countries of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization be granted without
modification or delay, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Gas for Al-4
lies Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds the following: 7
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(1) The United States has been a critical mem-1
ber of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since 2
1949. 3
(2) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 4
has provided safety and security for the United 5
States and its European allies for decades. 6
(3) Ukraine has been a crucial strategic partner 7
for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since the 8
early 1990’s, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-9
zation has long held that Ukraine’s future includes 10
full membership in the alliance. 11
(4) Russia’s unprovoked 2022 invasion of 12
Ukraine presents a security threat to all the North 13
Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, including the 14
United States. 15
(5) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 16
supports Ukraine’s right to self-defense and its right 17
to choose its own security arrangements. 18
(6) The United States maintaining a strong 19
partnership with Ukraine is vital to the security of 20
both countries. 21
(7) Liquified natural gas imported from the 22
United States has provided Ukraine a critical lifeline 23
during Russia’s unprovoked invasion. 24
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(8) A dependable supply of energy is vital to 1
the economic and national security of all of the 2
North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries. 3
(9) It is in the national security interest of the 4
United States for the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-5
zation countries to acquire energy resources from 6
the United States, rather than foreign adversaries. 7
(10) The United States National Energy Tech-8
nology Laboratory has concluded that United States 9
liquified natural gas supplied to Europe has up to 10
56 percent less total greenhouse gas emissions than 11
European coal, while Russian natural gas delivered 12
to Europe has up to 22 percent more greenhouse 13
gas emissions than European coal. 14
(11) The United States liquified natural gas in-15
dustry has contributed more than $400,000,000,000 16
to United States gross domestic product and sup-17
ported more than 270,000 United States jobs on av-18
erage, annually since 2016. 19
SEC. 3. TEMPORARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN APPLICA-20
TIONS FOR THE EXPORTATION OF NATURAL 21
GAS. 22
(a) I
NGENERAL.—During the period described in 23
subsection (c) of this section, for purposes of section 3(a) 24
of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(a)), the expor-25
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tation of natural gas to a foreign country described in sub-1
section (b) of this section shall be deemed to be consistent 2
with the public interest, and applications for such expor-3
tation shall be granted without modification or delay. 4
(b) F
OREIGNCOUNTRIES.—A foreign country de-5
scribed in this subsection is— 6
(1) a member country of the North Atlantic 7
Treaty Organization; or 8
(2) Ukraine. 9
(c) A
PPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply with re-10
spect to applications for the authorization to export nat-11
ural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 12
U.S.C. 717b) to a foreign country described in subsection 13
(b) of this section that are pending on the date of enact-14
ment of this Act, or filed during the period that begins 15
on such date of enactment and ends on the date that is 16
3 years after such date of enactment. 17
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