[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1145 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1145

To prohibit the placement in service or continued operation of certain 
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

                             April 15, 2021

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 placement in service or continued operation of certain 
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 THE PLACEMENT IN SERVICE OR CONTINUED OPERATION 
              OF CERTAIN NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR STATIONS.

    The placement in service or continued operation of any natural gas 
compressor station not in service on or before September 1, 2020, shall 
be prohibited if the natural gas compressor station would be placed 
into service or operated 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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