[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 428 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 428

  To provide for the expedited approval by the Secretary of Energy of 
         liquefied natural gas exports, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2015

    Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and Mr. Costa) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the expedited approval by the Secretary of Energy of 
         liquefied natural gas exports, 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 ``Export American Natural Gas Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORT APPROVAL.

    Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(g)(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
approve or deny an application for approval of the export of liquefied 
natural gas, whether through an onshore or offshore terminal, not later 
than 60 days after the later of--
                    ``(A) the Secretary receiving a completed 
                application;
                    ``(B) the applicant entering into a contract with a 
                customer for the liquefied natural gas proposed to be 
                exported; and
                    ``(C) the date of the enactment of this Act.
    ``(2) If the Secretary has not approved or denied an application by 
the deadline established under paragraph (1), the application shall be 
deemed to have been approved.
    ``(3) This subsection shall not apply to an application for export 
to a nation to which such export is prohibited by law.
    ``(h) Authorization shall be provided under subsection (a) 
separately from and simultaneously with authorization required from the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the Maritime Administration, as 
applicable.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON GLOBAL EXPORTS OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report on the 
following:
            (1) The economic policies of foreign countries with natural 
        gas resources and reserves as such policies relate to the 
        development and production of their natural gas resources and 
        reserves and the extent and status of their natural gas 
        resources and reserves.
            (2) The potential to export the natural gas production of 
        such foreign countries to the global market and the impact of 
        the export of such natural gas production on the global market.
            (3) A description of actions taken by the United States 
        Government to foster natural gas exports to foreign countries 
        that may have an interest in importing natural gas from the 
        United States.
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