[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3437]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 372. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Rubio, 
and Mr. Scott of Florida) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in subtitle H of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ____. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORT OF CERTAIN VOLUMES OF 
                   NATURAL GAS.

       Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is 
     amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(c) Expedited Application and Approval Process.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a), the 
     following shall be deemed to be consistent with the public 
     interest, and applications for such importation or 
     exportation shall be granted without modification or delay:
       ``(A) The importation of the natural gas referred to in 
     subsection (b).
       ``(B) The exportation of natural gas in a volume up to and 
     including 51,750,000,000 cubic feet per year.
       ``(C) The exportation of natural gas to a nation with which 
     there is in effect a free trade agreement requiring national 
     treatment for trade in natural gas.
       ``(2) Exclusion.--Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph 
     (1) shall not apply to any nation subject to sanctions 
     imposed by the United States.''.
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