[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2198 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2198

 To amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to application of the right 
    to exercise eminent domain in construction of pipelines for the 
          exportation of natural gas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to application of the right 
    to exercise eminent domain in construction of pipelines for the 
          exportation 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 ``Reaffirming Constitutional Property 
Rights Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR EXPORTS.

    Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Notwithstanding subsection (h), a holder of a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity may not exercise the right of eminent 
domain with respect to a pipeline to be constructed for the purpose of 
transporting natural gas to an LNG terminal for export to a foreign 
country from the United States.''.
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