[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 15. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS TO 
                   WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION MEMBER COUNTRIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 
     U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(c) For purposes'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(c) Expedited Application and Approval Process.--
       ``(1) Definition of world trade organization member 
     country.--In this subsection, the term `World Trade 
     Organization member country' has the meaning given the term 
     `WTO member country' in section 2 of the Uruguay Round 
     Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501).
       ``(2) Expedited application and approval process.--For 
     purposes''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by inserting ``or 
     to a World Trade Organization member country'' after ``trade 
     in natural gas''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to applications for the authorization to export 
     natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 
     717b) that are pending on, or filed on or after, the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
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