113 HR 4155 IH: Fight Russian Energy Exploitation (FREE) Act U.S. House of Representatives 2014-03-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4155 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2014 Mr. Poe of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To authorize natural gas exports to certain foreign countries, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Fight Russian Energy Exploitation (FREE) Act.

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Natural gas exports to Ukraine

Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended by inserting or to the member states of the European Union or the former Soviet states of Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan after trade in natural gas.

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Report on global exports of natural gas production

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report on the following: (1)The economic policies of foreign countries with natural gas resources and reserves as such policies relate to the development and production of their natural gas resources and reserves and the extent and status of their natural gas resources and reserves. (2)The potential to export the natural gas production of such foreign countries to the global market and the impact of the export of such natural gas production on the global market. (3)A description of actions taken by the United States Government to foster natural gas exports to foreign countries that may have an interest in importing natural gas from the United States.