[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4520 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4520

   To amend the Natural Gas Act to include a definition of the term 
              ``public interest'', and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2026

  Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Fetterman) 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 amend the Natural Gas Act to include a definition of the term 
              ``public interest'', 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 ``LNG Export Security Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF THE TERM ``PUBLIC INTEREST'' UNDER THE NATURAL 
              GAS ACT.

    Section 2 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717a) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) `Public interest' means the consideration of--
                    ``(A) the development of--
                            ``(i) natural gas facilities in the United 
                        States; and
                            ``(ii) the domestic natural gas supply;
                    ``(B) domestic economic interests; and
                    ``(C) national security interests.''.
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