[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3712]
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  SA 2263. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10___. SMALL SCALE LNG ACCESS.

       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) Subject to the last sentence of subsection (a), 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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