[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1009 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1009

 To amend the Natural Gas Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 
 Commission and the Secretary of Energy to consider certain factors in 
 making a public interest determination under that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2017

 Mr. King (for himself and Mr. Franken) 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 amend the Natural Gas Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 
 Commission and the Secretary of Energy to consider certain factors in 
 making a public interest determination under that Act, 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 Consumer Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSIDERATIONS FOR PUBLIC INTEREST DETERMINATION.

    Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and all that follows 
        through ``After six months'' in subsection (a) and inserting 
        the following:

``SEC. 3. EXPORTATION OR IMPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS; LNG TERMINALS.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Order required.--After 6 months''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) (as designated by paragraph 
                (1)), in the second sentence, by striking ``The 
                Commission'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Issuance of order on application and determination of 
        public interest.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Commission'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A) (as designated by 
                subparagraph (A)), in the second sentence, by striking 
                ``The Commission'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Authority to issue orders and supplemental 
                orders.--The Commission''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2) (as designated by subparagraph 
                (A)), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Considerations.--In making a public interest 
                determination under subparagraph (A) in the case of an 
                application for exportation, the Commission or the 
                Secretary of Energy, as applicable, shall consider--
                            ``(i) the need in the United States for the 
                        natural gas to be exported;
                            ``(ii) the impact of the proposed natural 
                        gas exports on--
                                    ``(I) natural gas prices in the 
                                United States, including regional 
                                natural gas prices and natural gas 
                                prices for domestic consumers and 
                                manufacturers and other industries;
                                    ``(II) the differential in natural 
                                gas prices between the United States 
                                and foreign countries;
                                    ``(III) the global economic 
                                competitiveness of domestic 
                                manufacturers and other domestic 
                                industries;
                                    ``(IV) domestic employment in 
                                manufacturing and other industries, 
                                including regional employment;
                                    ``(V) the demand for natural gas in 
                                the United States, including regional 
                                natural gas demand;
                                    ``(VI) the supply of natural gas in 
                                the United States, including regional 
                                natural gas supply; and
                                    ``(VII) United States energy 
                                security; and
                            ``(iii) any other factor that the 
                        Commission or the Secretary of Energy 
                        determines to be appropriate.''.
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