3.0.0 359 2022-02-03T05:30:22Z 2022-02-03T05:30:22Z House H HR 2005-01-25 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2005-02-25T21:19:23Z Referred to 2005-01-25T19:06:40Z 2005-02-25 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Committee 2005-01-25 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-01-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-01-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000459 Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] LEE TERRY R NE 2 N G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2005-01-25 True N000181 Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] Devin Nunes R CA 21 2005-01-25 True E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 2005-01-25 True W000795 Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Joe Wilson R SC 2 2005-01-25 True B000208 Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] ROSCOE BARTLETT R MD G. 6 2005-01-25 True G000544 Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] CHARLES GONZALEZ D TX A. 20 2005-01-25 True L000553 Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14] STEVEN LATOURETTE R OH C. 14 2005-01-25 True O000166 Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1] C. L. OTTER R ID 1 2005-03-17 False G000546 Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] SAM GRAVES R MO 6 2005-04-05 False R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2005-04-05 False Energy Administrative remedies Department of Energy Energy facilities Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal preemption Foreign Trade and International Finance Gas pipelines Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Imports Independent regulatory commissions Judicial review Law Liquefied natural gas Marine terminals Pipeline siting Public records State laws Transportation and Public Works Energy 00 2005-01-25 Introduced in House 2005-03-15T16:54:19Z Liquefied Natural Gas Act of 2005 - Amends the Natural Gas Act to transfer from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to the Secretary of Energy oversight functions regarding the exportation or importation of natural gas, including free trade agreements and liquefied natural gas.

Declares that no person shall site, construct, expand, or operate a liquefied natural gas import terminal without first having secured a FERC authorization.

Prohibits any State or local government from requiring any form of authorization with respect to the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a liquefied natural gas import terminal except as otherwise provided by Federal law.

Prescribes guidelines for FERC oversight authority pertaining to scheduling and administrative proceedings.

Defines liquefied natural gas import terminal as including all facilities located onshore or in State waters that are used to receive, unload, store, transport, gasify, or process liquefied natural gas imported to the United States from a foreign country, but does excluding the tankers used to deliver liquefied natural gas to such facilities.

]]> Liquefied Natural Gas Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Liquefied Natural Gas Act of 2005 Display Title Liquefied Natural Gas Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To require certain terms and conditions for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas import terminals, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr359ih/xml/BILLS-109hr359ih.xml 2005-02-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.