[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4024 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4024

To suspend approval of liquefied natural gas export terminals, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2012

  Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To suspend approval of liquefied natural gas export terminals, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``North America Natural Gas Security 
and Consumer Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF APPROVAL OF LNG EXPORT TERMINALS.

    (a) Suspension.--Before January 1, 2025, the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission may not approve any application under section 3 
of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b)--
            (1) for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation 
        of an LNG terminal that will be used to receive, unload, load, 
        store, transport, gasify, liquefy, or process natural gas to be 
        exported to a foreign country from the United States; or
            (2) to amend an existing authorization of the Commission in 
        order to modify an existing authorized facility to an LNG 
        terminal that will be used to receive, unload, load, store, 
        transport, gasify, liquefy, or process natural gas to be 
        exported to a foreign country from the United States.
    (b) Exemptions.--Subsection (a) shall not a apply with respect to 
any application described in subsection (a) if the natural gas that 
would be exported as a result of the approval of such application is 
exported solely to meet a requirement imposed pursuant to section 203 
of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702), 
section 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)), 
or part B of title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6271-6276).
    (c) Definition of LNG Terminal.--In this Act, the term ``LNG 
terminal'' has the meaning given such term in section 2(11) of the 
Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717a(11)).
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