[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2083 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2083

    To amend the Natural Gas Act to promote economic growth and job 
  creation in the United States, to strengthen strategic partnerships 
       with allies of the United States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2014

   Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Begich) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Natural Gas Act to promote economic growth and job 
  creation in the United States, to strengthen strategic partnerships 
       with allies of the United States, 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 ``American Job Creation and Strategic 
Alliances LNG Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS TO WORLD TRADE 
              ORGANIZATION MEMBER COUNTRIES.

    Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(c) For purposes'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(c) Expedited Application and Approval Process.--
            ``(1) Definition of world trade organization member 
        country.--In this subsection, the term `World Trade 
        Organization member country' has the meaning given the term 
        `WTO member country' in section 2 of the Uruguay Round 
        Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501).
            ``(2) Expedited application and approval process.--For 
        purposes''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by inserting ``or 
        to a World Trade Organization member country'' after ``trade in 
        natural gas''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to applications for 
the authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the Natural 
Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) that are pending on, or filed on or after, the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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