[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9607 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9607

To prohibit States, local governments, or State regulatory authorities 
from prohibiting a natural gas consumer from connecting or reconnecting 
   to a gas utility for natural gas service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2022

    Mr. Jacobs of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit States, local governments, or State regulatory authorities 
from prohibiting a natural gas consumer from connecting or reconnecting 
   to a gas utility for natural gas service, 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. REGULATION OF NATURAL GAS CONNECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--No State, local government, or State regulatory 
authority may prohibit a natural gas consumer from connecting or 
reconnecting to a gas utility for natural gas service.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The terms ``State regulatory authority'' and ``gas 
        utility'' have the meanings given such terms in section 302 of 
        the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 
        3202).
            (2) The term ``natural gas consumer'' has the meaning given 
        the term ``gas consumer'' in section 302 of the Public Utility 
        Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3202).
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