[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1981 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1981

 To amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite approval of exports of small 
            volumes of natural gas, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 2017

Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Rubio) 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 expedite approval of exports of small 
            volumes of natural gas, 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 ``Small Scale LNG Access Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORT OF CERTAIN VOLUMES OF NATURAL GAS.

    Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(c) For purposes of'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(c) Expedited Application and Approval Process.--
            ``(1) Free trade agreements in effect.--For purposes of''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Small-scale natural gas exports.--For purposes of 
        subsection (a), any application for the exportation of natural 
        gas in a volume that is equal to or less than 51,100,000,000 
        cubic feet per year of natural gas shall be--
                    ``(A) deemed to be consistent with the public 
                interest; and
                    ``(B) granted without modification or delay.
            ``(3) Exclusions.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply 
        to any nation subject to sanctions imposed by the United 
        States.''.
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