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4	4	STSESSION S. 883
5	5	To amend the Natural Gas Act to allow the Federal Energy Regulatory
6	6	Commission to approve or deny applications for the siting, construction,
7	7	expansion, or operation of facilities to export or import natural gas,
8	8	and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	MARCH6, 2025
11	11	Mr. S
12	12	COTTof South Carolina (for himself, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr.
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14	14	UDD, Mrs. BRITT, and Mr. SCOTTof Florida) introduced the following
15	15	bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
16	16	Natural Resources
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To amend the Natural Gas Act to allow the Federal Energy
19	19	Regulatory Commission to approve or deny applications
20	20	for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of
21	21	facilities to export or import natural gas, and for other
22	22	purposes.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
26	26	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unlocking Domestic 4
27	27	LNG Potential Act of 2025’’. 5
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31	31	SEC. 2. ADVANCING UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. 1
32	32	Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) 2
33	33	is amended— 3
34	34	(1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); 4
35	35	(2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 5
36	36	(f) as subsections (c), (a), and (b), respectively, and 6
37	37	reordering accordingly; 7
38	38	(3) by striking the section designation and 8
39	39	heading and all that follows through the period at 9
40	40	the end of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) (as so re-10
41	41	designated) and inserting the following: 11
42	42	‘‘SEC. 3. LNG TERMINALS; AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT 12
43	43	TO PROHIBIT IMPORTS OR EXPORTS OF NAT-13
44	44	URAL GAS. 14
45	45	‘‘(a) LNG T
46	46	ERMINALS.— 15
47	47	‘‘(1) A
48	48	UTHORITY OF THE COMMISSION .— 16
49	49	‘‘(A) I
50	50	N GENERAL.—The Federal Energy 17
51	51	Regulatory Commission shall have the exclusive 18
52	52	authority to approve or deny an application for 19
53	53	the siting, construction, expansion, or operation 20
54	54	of a facility, including an LNG terminal, to ex-21
55	55	port natural gas from the United States to a 22
56	56	foreign country or import natural gas from a 23
57	57	foreign country. 24
58	58	‘‘(B) P
59	59	UBLIC INTEREST.—In determining 25
60	60	whether to approve or deny an application de-26
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64	64	scribed in subparagraph (A), the Federal En-1
65	65	ergy Regulatory Commission shall deem the im-2
66	66	portation or exportation of natural gas to be 3
67	67	consistent with the public interest. 4
68	68	‘‘(C) E
69	69	FFECT.—Except as specifically pro-5
70	70	vided in this Act, nothing in this Act affects 6
71	71	otherwise applicable law relating to the author-7
72	72	ity or responsibility of any Federal agency re-8
73	73	lating to facilities, including LNG terminals, to 9
74	74	import or export natural gas.’’; and 10
75	75	(4) by adding at the end the following: 11
76	76	‘‘(d) R
77	77	ULE OFCONSTRUCTIONRELATING TOAU-12
78	78	THORITYTOPROHIBITIMPORTS OREXPORTS.— 13
79	79	‘‘(1) D
80	80	EFINITION OF STATE SPONSOR OF TER -14
81	81	RORISM.—In this subsection, the term ‘state sponsor 15
82	82	of terrorism’ means a country the government of 16
83	83	which the Secretary of State determines has repeat-17
84	84	edly provided support for international terrorism 18
85	85	pursuant to— 19
86	86	‘‘(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 20
87	87	Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 21
88	88	4813(c)(1)(A)); 22
89	89	‘‘(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assist-23
90	90	ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 24
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94	94	‘‘(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Con-1
95	95	trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 2
96	96	‘‘(D) any other provision of law. 3
97	97	‘‘(2) R
98	98	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 4
99	99	this Act limits the authority of the President under 5
100	100	the Constitution or any provision of law described in 6
101	101	paragraph (3) to prohibit imports or exports. 7
102	102	‘‘(3) P
103	103	ROVISIONS OF LAW DESCRIBED .—The 8
104	104	provisions of law referred to in paragraph (2) are— 9
105	105	‘‘(A) the International Emergency Eco-10
106	106	nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 11
107	107	‘‘(B) the National Emergencies Act (50 12
108	108	U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 13
109	109	‘‘(C) part B of title II of the Energy Policy 14
110	110	and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.); 15
111	111	‘‘(D) the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 16
112	112	U.S.C. 4301 et seq.); and 17
113	113	‘‘(E) any other provision of law that— 18
114	114	‘‘(i) imposes sanctions with respect to 19
115	115	a foreign person or foreign government, in-20
116	116	cluding the government of a country that 21
117	117	is designated as a state sponsor of ter-22
118	118	rorism; or 23
119	119	‘‘(ii) prohibits or restricts United 24
120	120	States persons from engaging in a trans-25
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124	124	action with a person or government subject 1
125	125	to sanctions imposed by the United 2
126	126	States.’’. 3
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