[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2642 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2642

To prohibit the construction of natural gas compressor stations as part 
   of a project that would lead to or facilitate natural gas exports.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2019

Mr. Markey (for himself and Ms. Warren) 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 prohibit the construction of natural gas compressor stations as part 
   of a project that would lead to or facilitate natural gas exports.

    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 ``Community Outreach, Maintenance, and 
Preservation by Restricting Export Stations from Subverting Our 
Regulations Act'' or the ``COMPRESSOR Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR 
              STATIONS.

    The construction and placement in service of any natural gas 
compressor station not in service on the date of enactment of this Act 
shall be prohibited if the natural gas compressor station would be 
constructed as part of a project that, as determined by the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, would--
            (1) lead to the export of natural gas; or
            (2) facilitate the export of natural gas.
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