[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1240 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1240

To require a certain percentage of liquefied natural gas and crude oil 
  exports be transported on vessels documented under the laws of the 
                 United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2017

 Mr. Garamendi (for himself, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, and Mr. Hunter) 
 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 require a certain percentage of liquefied natural gas and crude oil 
  exports be transported on vessels documented under the laws 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 ``Energizing American Maritime Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL POLICY ON STRATEGIC ENERGY ASSET EXPORT 
              TRANSPORTATION.

    (a) LNG Exports.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
                    (A) Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is an explosive gas 
                that can be hazardous to national import and export 
                terminals and ports when mishandled.
                    (B) LNG is a strategic national asset, the export 
                of which will be used to preserve the United States 
                tanker fleet and skilled mariner workforce that are 
                essential to national security.
                    (C) For the safety and security of the United 
                States, LNG should be exported on vessels documented 
                under the laws of the United States.
            (2) Requirement.--Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 
        U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Transportation of Exports of LNG on Vessels Documented Under 
Laws of the United States.--As a condition for approval of any 
authorization to export liquefied natural gas, the Secretary of Energy 
shall require the applicant to transport the authorized exports on 
vessels documented under the laws of the United States, as follows:
            ``(1) Fifteen percent of the liquefied natural gas 
        authorized to be exported in each of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 
        and 2024.
            ``(2) Thirty percent of the liquefied natural gas 
        authorized to be exported in 2025 and each year thereafter.''.
            (3) Opportunities for licensed and unlicensed mariners.--
        Each Federal official responsible for the issuance of a permit 
        authorizing the export of liquefied natural gas shall require, 
        as a condition and term of the permit, that the permittee shall 
        provide opportunities for United States licensed and unlicensed 
        mariners to receive experience and training necessary for them 
        to become credentialed in working on a liquefied natural gas 
        vessel.
    (b) Crude Oil.--Section 101 of title I of division O of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C. 6212a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``subsections (c) and 
        (d)'' and inserting ``subsections (c), (d), and (e)'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Transportation of Exports of Crude Oil on Vessels Documented 
Under Laws of the United States.--As a condition to export crude oil, 
the President shall require an applicant to transport the exports on 
vessels documented under the laws of the United States, as follows:
            ``(1) Fifteen percent of the crude oil to be exported in 
        each of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
            ``(2) Thirty percent of the crude oil to be exported in 
        2025 and each year thereafter.''.
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