[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2494 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2494

 To expedite applications to export natural gas, to require the public 
disclosure of liquefied natural gas export destinations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2014

   Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Begich) 
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 expedite applications to export natural gas, to require the public 
disclosure of liquefied natural gas export destinations, 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 ``Natural Gas Export Promotion Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATIONS TO EXPORT NATURAL GAS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy (referred to in this 
section as the ``Secretary'') shall issue a final decision on any 
application for authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of 
the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) that is pending on or filed on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act not later than 45 days after 
conclusion of the review required by the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
    (b) Judicial Review.--
            (1) In general.--Except for review in the Supreme Court, 
        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 Secretary with respect 
                to the application; or
                    (B) the failure of the Secretary to issue a 
                decision on the application.
            (2) Order.--If the Court in a civil action described in 
        paragraph (1) finds that the Secretary has failed to issue a 
        decision on the application as required under subsection (a), 
        the Court shall order the Secretary to issue the decision not 
        later than 30 days after the order of the Court.
            (3) Expedited consideration.--The Court shall--
                    (A) set any civil action brought under this 
                subsection for expedited consideration; and
                    (B) set the matter on the docket as soon as 
                practicable 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 Liquefied Natural Gas Export 
Destinations.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any authorization to 
        export liquefied natural gas, the Secretary of Energy shall 
        require the applicant to report to the Secretary of Energy the 
        names of the one or more countries of destination to which the 
        exported liquefied natural gas is delivered.
            ``(2) Timing.--The applicant shall file the report required 
        under paragraph (1) not later than--
                    ``(A) in the case of the first export, the last day 
                of the month following the month of the first export; 
                and
                    ``(B) in the case of subsequent exports, the date 
                that is 30 days after the last day of the applicable 
                month concerning the activity of the previous month.
            ``(3) Disclosure.--The Secretary of Energy shall publish 
        the information reported under this subsection on the website 
        of the Department of Energy and otherwise make the information 
        available to the public.''.
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