[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4019 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4019

    To require persons seeking approval for a liquefied natural gas 
  facility to identify employees and agents engaged in activities to 
         persuade communities of the benefits of the approval.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2006

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require persons seeking approval for a liquefied natural gas 
  facility to identify employees and agents engaged in activities to 
         persuade communities of the benefits of the approval.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. IDENTIFICATION OF PROPONENTS OF APPROVAL OF LIQUIFIED 
              NATURAL GAS FACILITIES.

    (a) Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities Requiring FERC Approval.--The 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall--
            (1) require an applicant for approval, by the Commission 
        under the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.), of the 
        siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a liquefied 
        natural gas facility to identify each of the employees and 
        agents of the applicant that are engaged, directly or 
        indirectly, in activities to persuade communities of the 
        benefits of the approval; and
            (2) maintain a publicly available database listing the 
        names of the employees and agents.
    (b) Off-Shore Liquified Natural Gas Facilities.--The Secretary of 
Transportation and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating shall--
            (1) require an applicant for approval, by the appropriate 
        Secretary under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501 
        et seq.), of the siting, construction, expansion, or operation 
        of a liquefied natural gas facility to identify each of the 
        employees and agents of the applicant that are engaged, 
        directly or indirectly, in activities to persuade communities 
        of the benefits of the approval; and
            (2) maintain a publicly available database listing the 
        names of the employees and agents.
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