[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 353
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6
[Report No. 113-477]
To provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural gas to
World Trade Organization countries, and for other purposes.
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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]
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A BILL
To provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural gas to
World Trade Organization countries, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Prosperity and
Global Freedom Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is
amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``For
purposes'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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)).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. PENDING APPLICATIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Prosperity and Global
Freedom Act''.
SEC. 2. 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.
SEC. 3. 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.''.
Union Calendar No. 353
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6
[Report No. 113-477]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural gas to
World Trade Organization countries, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
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