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[H.R. 1130 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                  Union Calendar No. 11
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1130

                          [Report No. 118-18]

    To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2023

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

                             March 23, 2023

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Balderson, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Mike Garcia of 
   California, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Bucshon, and Mrs. Lesko

                             March 23, 2023

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 21, 2023]


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                                 A BILL


 
    To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.


 


    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 ``Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCING UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP.

    Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (a) through (c);
            (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (a) and (b), respectively;
            (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c), and 
        moving such subsection after subsection (b), as so 
        redesignated;
            (4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by amending 
        paragraph (1) to read as follows: ``(1) The Federal Energy 
        Regulatory Commission (in this subsection referred to as the 
        `Commission') shall have the exclusive authority to approve or 
        deny an application for the siting, construction, expansion, or 
        operation of a facility to export natural gas from the United 
        States to a foreign country or import natural gas from a 
        foreign country, including an LNG terminal. In determining 
        whether to approve or deny an application under this paragraph, 
        the Commission shall deem the exportation or importation of 
        natural gas to be consistent with the public interest. Except 
        as specifically provided in this Act, nothing in this Act is 
        intended to affect otherwise applicable law related to any 
        Federal agency's authorities or responsibilities related to 
        facilities to import or export natural gas, including LNG 
        terminals.''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) Nothing in this Act limits the authority of the President 
under the Constitution, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 
et seq.), part B of title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.), the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 
4301 et seq.), or any other provision of law that imposes sanctions on 
a foreign person or foreign government (including any provision of law 
that prohibits or restricts United States persons from engaging in a 
transaction with a sanctioned person or government), including a 
country that is designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, to prohibit 
imports or exports.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the term `state sponsor of terrorism' 
means a country the government of which the Secretary of State 
determines has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism 
pursuant to--
            ``(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform 
        Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A));
            ``(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
        (22 U.S.C. 2371);
            ``(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2780); or
            ``(D) any other provision of law.''.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 11

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1130

                          [Report No. 118-18]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 23, 2023

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed