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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 57
5	5	Recognizing the benefits of natural gas to the United States economy and
6	6	environment, and recognizing natural gas as an affordable and ‘‘green’’
7	7	energy.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	JANUARY23, 2025
10	10	Mr. B
11	11	ALDERSON(for himself, Mr. PFLUGER, Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. MEUSER)
12	12	submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
13	13	on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural
14	14	Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
15	15	in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
16	16	diction of the committee concerned
17	17	RESOLUTION
18	18	Recognizing the benefits of natural gas to the United States
19	19	economy and environment, and recognizing natural gas
20	20	as an affordable and ‘‘green’’ energy.
21	21	Whereas Public Law 117–169 (commonly referred to as the
22	22	‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’) established a punitive
23	23	fee on methane emissions, which will result in a regres-
24	24	sive tax on all Americans, including low-income and
25	25	fixed-income Americans;
26	26	Whereas a natural gas tax or methane emissions fee results
27	27	in higher costs to natural gas customers, including fami-
28	28	lies, farmers, and small businesses;
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32	32	Whereas any natural gas tax or methane emissions fee will
33	33	disproportionately impact natural gas producing regions,
34	34	and businesses across the natural gas supply will be
35	35	harmed by government-imposed taxes and fees;
36	36	Whereas, since 2005, two-thirds of the power sector green-
37	37	house gas emissions reductions are a direct result of the
38	38	switch to natural gas;
39	39	Whereas, because of increased innovation and technology in
40	40	the natural gas industry, United States methane emis-
41	41	sions were 10 percent lower in 2020 compared to 2005,
42	42	despite the United States increasing production of nat-
43	43	ural gas by nearly 100 percent between 2005 to 2020;
44	44	Whereas, according to the Energy Information Administra-
45	45	tion, using natural gas to generate energy results in
46	46	fewer emissions of nearly all types of air pollutants, in-
47	47	cluding carbon dioxide, compared to other fossil fuels;
48	48	Whereas, according to the Environmental Protection Agency,
49	49	since 1970, combined emissions of criteria and precursor
50	50	pollutants have dropped by 78 percent in the United
51	51	States;
52	52	Whereas, in 2021, 45 percent of the European Union’s nat-
53	53	ural gas imports were from Russia, accounting for
54	54	155,000,000,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas;
55	55	Whereas, on March 9, 2022, the European Commission ap-
56	56	proved a Complementary Climate Delegated Act that
57	57	specifies certain nuclear and natural gas activities are
58	58	covered by the European Union taxonomy and thus con-
59	59	sidered ‘‘green’’ investments;
60	60	Whereas the European Commission’s Complementary Climate
61	61	Delegated Act allows natural gas and nuclear energy ac-
62	62	tivities to be considered as renewable or green invest-
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66	66	ments, which will spur private and public investments in
67	67	natural gas and nuclear energy and make Europe less re-
68	68	liant on Russian energy in the future;
69	69	Whereas, on March 25, 2022, the United States announced
70	70	an agreement with the European Union for the United
71	71	States to supply the European Union with up to
72	72	15,000,000,000 additional cubic meters of liquefied nat-
73	73	ural gas by the end of 2022;
74	74	Whereas, in November 2022, an energy security agreement
75	75	between the United States and European Union implied
76	76	that Europe would seek up to 147,000,000,000 cubic me-
77	77	ters of liquified natural gas imports in 2023;
78	78	Whereas, on January 26, 2024, President Biden announced
79	79	a ban on the approval process of liquified natural gas ex-
80	80	port permits to countries that do not have a free trade
81	81	agreement with the United States;
82	82	Whereas United States liquified natural gas exports helped
83	83	reduce natural gas prices in Europe by over 83 percent
84	84	from 2022 levels;
85	85	Whereas the Department of Energy’s National Energy Tech-
86	86	nology Laboratory estimates that American liquified nat-
87	87	ural gas exported to Europe is 41 percent cleaner than
88	88	Russian liquified natural gas exported to Europe;
89	89	Whereas the International Energy Agency predicts global de-
90	90	mand for natural gas will increase by 57 percent by
91	91	2050, and an additional 240,000,000,000 cubic meters
92	92	per year of liquified natural gas export capacity is needed
93	93	by 2050;
94	94	Whereas increased usage of natural gas domestically will also
95	95	reduce United States dependence on foreign energy and
96	96	strengthen United States national security; and
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100	100	Whereas natural gas is abundant in the United States, and
101	101	the Energy Information Administration estimates the
102	102	United States has enough dry natural gas to last nearly
103	103	a century, and the potential for even more with advances
104	104	in technology and exploration: Now, therefore, be it
105	105	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
106	106	(1) recognizes natural gas produced in the 2
107	107	United States as an affordable and ‘‘green’’ energy; 3
108	108	(2) recognizes that the United States should be 4
109	109	committed to an ‘‘all of the above’’ approach to meet 5
110	110	United States energy needs, and that natural gas is 6
111	111	necessary for the United States to be energy domi-7
112	112	nant; and 8
113	113	(3) supports efforts of the Trump administra-9
114	114	tion, including the Department of Energy and the 10
115	115	Department of the Interior, to increase domestic 11
116	116	production of natural gas and natural gas infra-12
117	117	structure, identify and remove barriers to the pro-13
118	118	duction of natural gas, and expedite the approval of 14
119	119	new liquified natural gas export facilities in the 15
120	120	United States. 16
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