[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1174 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1174

  To amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision relating to the 
siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas 
                               terminals.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 19, 2007

  Mr. Cardin (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) 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 amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision relating to the 
siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas 
                               terminals.

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

SECTION 1. SITING, CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION, AND OPERATION OF LNG 
              TERMINALS.

    Section 3(e)(1) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(e)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(e)(1) The'' and all that follows through 
        the end of the first sentence and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Siting, Construction, Expansion, and Operation of LNG 
Terminals.--
            ``(1) Authority.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Commission shall approve or deny an application for the 
                siting, construction, expansion, or operation of an LNG 
                terminal.
                    ``(B) State concurrence required.--The Commission 
                shall not approve or deny an application under 
                subparagraph (A) without the express concurrence of 
                each State affected by the application.''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Except'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Effect.--Except''.
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