113 HR 6 RH: Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act U.S. House of Representatives 2014-06-19 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.

IB Union Calendar No. 353 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6 [Report No. 113–477] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2014 Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Upton, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Barton, Mr. Olson, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Guthrie, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Lance, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Latta, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Hall, Mr. Turner, Mr. Boustany, and Mr. Womack) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce June 19, 2014 Additional sponsors: Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Cramer, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Royce, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Neugebauer, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Dent, Mr. Bridenstine, Mrs. Black, Mr. Costa, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Collins of New York, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Terry, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Flores, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Palazzo, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Kline, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mr. Lamborn June 19, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural gas to World Trade Organization countries, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act.

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Amendments

Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended— (1)by inserting (1) before For purposes; (2)by striking a nation with which there is in effect a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas and inserting a World Trade Organization member nation; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (2)For purposes of this subsection, the term World Trade Organization member nation means a country described in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(10))..

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Pending applications

Any application for authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) for which a notice has been published in the Federal Register before March 6, 2014, shall be granted without modification or delay.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act.

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Action on applications

(a)

Decision deadline

The Department of Energy shall issue a decision on any application for authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) not later than 90 days after the later of— (1)the end of the comment period for such decision as set forth in the applicable notice published in the Federal Register; or (2)the date of enactment of this Act. (b)

Judicial action

(1)The United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the export facility will be located pursuant to an application described in subsection (a) shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action for the review of — (A)an order issued by the Department of Energy with respect to such application; or (B)the Department of Energy’s failure to issue a decision on such application. (2)If the Court in a civil action described in paragraph (1) finds that the Department of Energy has failed to issue a decision on the application as required under subsection (a), the Court shall order the Department of Energy to issue such decision not later than 30 days after the Court’s order. (3)The Court shall set any civil action brought under this subsection for expedited consideration and shall set the matter on the docket as soon as practical after the filing date of the initial pleading.

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Public disclosure of export destinations

Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g)

Public Disclosure of LNG Export Destinations

As a condition for approval of any authorization to export LNG, the Secretary of Energy shall require the applicant to publicly disclose the specific destination or destinations of any such authorized LNG exports..

June 19, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed