[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H336-H338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

H.R. 21

                       Offered By: Mr. Garamendi

       Amendment No. 130: Add at the end the following new 
     sections:

     SEC. 3. NATIONAL POLICY ON STRATEGIC ENERGY ASSET EXPORT 
                   TRANSPORTATION.

       (a) LNG Exports.--
       (1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (A) Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is hazardous to national 
     import and export terminals and ports when mishandled.
       (B) LNG is a strategic national asset, the export of which 
     should be used to preserve the United States tanker fleet and 
     skilled mariner workforce that are essential to national 
     security.
       (C) For the safety and security of the United States, LNG 
     should be exported on vessels documented under the laws of 
     the United States.
       (2) Requirement.--Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 
     U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Transportation of Exports of Natural Gas on Vessels 
     Documented Under Laws of the United States.--
       ``(1) Condition for approval.--Except as provided in 
     paragraph (5), the Commission shall include in an order 
     issued under subsection (a) that authorizes a person to 
     export natural gas a condition that the person transport the 
     natural gas on vessels that meet the requirements described 
     in paragraph (2) (including vessels with respect to which a 
     waiver is in place for the requirement under paragraph 
     (2)(A)(i)(II)(bb) or the requirement under paragraph 
     (2)(A)(ii)(IV), as applicable), so as to ensure the 
     following:
       ``(A) A minimum of two percent of the natural gas that is 
     exported by vessel is transported on such vessels in each of 
     the 7 calendar years after the calendar year in which this 
     subsection is enacted.
       ``(B) A minimum of three percent of the natural gas that is 
     exported by vessel is transported on such vessels in each of 
     the 8th

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     and 9th calendar years after the calendar year in which this 
     subsection is enacted.
       ``(C) A minimum of four percent of the natural gas that is 
     exported by vessel is transported on such vessels in each of 
     the 10th and 11th calendar years after the calendar year in 
     which this subsection is enacted.
       ``(D) A minimum of six percent of the natural gas that is 
     exported by vessel is transported on such vessels in each of 
     the 12th and 13th calendar years after the calendar year in 
     which this subsection is enacted.
       ``(E) A minimum of seven percent of the natural gas that is 
     exported by vessel is transported on such vessels in each of 
     the 14th and 15th calendar years after the calendar year in 
     which this subsection is enacted.
       ``(F) A minimum of nine percent of the natural gas that is 
     exported by vessel is transported on such vessels in each of 
     the 16th and 17th calendar years after the calendar year in 
     which this subsection is enacted.
       ``(G) A minimum of eleven percent of the natural gas that 
     is exported by vessel is transported on such vessels in each 
     of the 18th and 19th calendar years after the calendar year 
     in which this subsection is enacted.
       ``(H) A minimum of thirteen percent of the natural gas that 
     is exported by vessel is transported on such vessels in each 
     of the 20th and 21st calendar years after the calendar year 
     in which this subsection is enacted.
       ``(I) A minimum of fifteen percent of the natural gas that 
     is exported by vessel is transported on such vessels in--
       ``(i) the 22nd calendar year after the calendar year in 
     which this subsection is enacted; and
       ``(ii) in each calendar year thereafter.
       ``(2) Requirements for vessels.--A vessel meets the 
     requirements described in this paragraph--
       ``(A) with respect to each of the 5 calendar years after 
     the calendar year in which this subsection is enacted--
       ``(i) if--

       ``(I) the vessel is documented under the laws of the United 
     States; and
       ``(II) with respect to any retrofit work necessary for the 
     vessel to export natural gas--

       ``(aa) such work is done in a shipyard in the United 
     States; and
       ``(bb) any component of the vessel listed in paragraph (3) 
     that is installed during the course of such work is 
     manufactured in the United States; or
       ``(ii) if--

       ``(I) the vessel is built in the United States;
       ``(II) the vessel is documented under the laws of the 
     United States;
       ``(III) all major components of the hull or superstructure 
     of the vessel are manufactured (including all manufacturing 
     processes from the initial melting stage through the 
     application of coatings for iron or steel products) in the 
     United States; and
       ``(IV) the components of the vessel listed in paragraph (3) 
     are manufactured in the United States; and

       ``(B) with respect to the 6th calendar year after the 
     calendar year in which this subsection is enacted and each 
     calendar year thereafter, if the vessel meets the 
     requirements of subparagraph (A)(ii).
       ``(3) Components.--The components of a vessel listed in 
     this paragraph are the following components:
       ``(A) Air circuit breakers.
       ``(B) Welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain with a 
     diameter of four inches or less.
       ``(C) Powered and non-powered valves in Federal Supply 
     Classes 4810 and 4820 used in piping.
       ``(D) Machine tools in the Federal Supply Classes for 
     metal-working machinery numbered 3405, 3408, 3410 through 
     3419, 3426, 3433, 3438, 3441 through 3443, 3445, 3446, 3448, 
     3449, 3460, and 3461.
       ``(E) Auxiliary equipment for shipboard services, including 
     pumps.
       ``(F) Propulsion equipment, including engines, propulsion 
     motors, reduction gears, and propellers.
       ``(G) Shipboard cranes.
       ``(H) Spreaders for shipboard cranes.
       ``(I) Rotating electrical equipment, including electrical 
     alternators and motors.
       ``(J) Compressors, pumps, and heat exchangers used in 
     managing and re-liquifying boil-off gas from liquefied 
     natural gas.
       ``(4) Waiver authority.--The Commission may waive the 
     requirement under paragraph (2)(A)(i)(II)(bb) or paragraph 
     (2)(A)(ii)(IV), as applicable, with respect to a component of 
     a vessel if the Maritime Administrator determines that--
       ``(A) application of the requirement would cause a cost 
     increase of more than 25 percent for such component or 
     unreasonable delays to be incurred in building or 
     retrofitting the vessel; or
       ``(B) such component is not manufactured in the United 
     States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of a 
     satisfactory quality.
       ``(5) Exception.--The Commission may not include in any 
     order issued under subsection (a) authorizing a person to 
     export natural gas to a nation with which there is in effect 
     a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade 
     in natural gas a condition described in paragraph (1), or a 
     condition described in paragraph (7), if the United States 
     Trade Representative certifies to the Commission, in writing, 
     that such condition would violate obligations of the United 
     States under such free trade agreement.
       ``(6) Use of federal information.--In carrying out 
     paragraph (1), the Commission--
       ``(A) shall utilize information made available by the 
     Energy Information Administration, or by any other Federal 
     agency or entity the Commission determines appropriate; and
       ``(B) may not utilize information made available by a 
     private entity unless applicable information described in 
     subparagraph (A) is not available.
       ``(7) Opportunities for licensed and unlicensed mariners.--
     Except as provided in paragraph (5), the Commission shall 
     include in any order issued under subsection (a) that 
     authorizes a person to export natural gas a condition that 
     the person provide opportunities for United States licensed 
     and unlicensed mariners to receive experience and training 
     necessary to become credentialed in working on a vessel 
     transporting natural gas.''.
       (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended by striking ``or the 
     exportation of natural gas'' and inserting ``or, subject to 
     subsection (g), the exportation of natural gas''.
       (b) Crude Oil.--Section 101 of title I of division O of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C. 6212a) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``subsections (c) and 
     (d)'' and inserting ``subsections (c), (d), and (e)'';
       (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Transportation of Exports of Crude Oil on Vessels 
     Documented Under Laws of the United States.--
       ``(1) Condition.--Except as provided in paragraph (5), as a 
     condition to export crude oil, the President shall require 
     the person exporting the crude oil to transport the exports 
     on vessels that meet the requirements described in paragraph 
     (2) (including vessels with respect to which a waiver is in 
     place for the requirement under paragraph (2)(A)(i)(II)(bb) 
     or the requirement under paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(IV), as 
     applicable), so as to ensure the following:
       ``(A) A minimum of three percent of crude oil exported by 
     vessel is transported on such vessels in each of the 7 
     calendar years after the calendar year in which this 
     subsection is enacted.
       ``(B) A minimum of six percent of crude oil exported by 
     vessel is transported on such vessels in each of the 8th, 
     9th, and 10th calendar years after the calendar year in which 
     this subsection is enacted.
       ``(C) A minimum of eight percent of crude oil exported by 
     vessel is transported on such vessels in each of the 11th, 
     12th, and 13th calendar years after the calendar year in 
     which this subsection is enacted.
       ``(D) A minimum of ten percent of crude oil exported by 
     vessel is transported on such vessels--
       ``(i) in the 14th calendar year after the calendar year in 
     which this subsection is enacted; and
       ``(ii) in each calendar year thereafter.
       ``(2) Requirements for vessels.--A vessel meets the 
     requirements described in this paragraph if--
       ``(A) with respect to each of the 4 calendar years after 
     the calendar year in which this subsection is enacted--
       ``(i) if--

       ``(I) the vessel is documented under the laws of the United 
     States; and
       ``(II) with respect to any retrofit work necessary for the 
     vessel to export crude oil--

       ``(aa) such work is done in a shipyard in the United 
     States; and
       ``(bb) any component of the vessel listed in paragraph (3) 
     that is installed during the course of such work is 
     manufactured in the United States; or
       ``(ii) if--

       ``(I) the vessel is built in the United States;
       ``(II) the vessel is documented under the laws of the 
     United States;
       ``(III) all major components of the hull or superstructure 
     of the vessel are manufactured (including all manufacturing 
     processes from the initial melting stage through the 
     application of coatings for iron or steel products) in the 
     United States; and
       ``(IV) the components of the vessel listed in paragraph (3) 
     are manufactured in the United States; and

       ``(B) with respect to the 5th calendar year after the 
     calendar year in which this subsection is enacted and each 
     calendar year thereafter, if the vessel meets the 
     requirements of subparagraph (A)(ii).
       ``(3) Components.--The components of a vessel listed in 
     this paragraph are the following components:
       ``(A) Air circuit breakers.
       ``(B) Welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain with a 
     diameter of four inches or less.
       ``(C) Powered and non-powered valves in Federal Supply 
     Classes 4810 and 4820 used in piping.
       ``(D) Machine tools in the Federal Supply Classes for 
     metal-working machinery numbered 3405, 3408, 3410 through 
     3419, 3426, 3433, 3438, 3441 through 3443, 3445, 3446, 3448, 
     3449, 3460, and 3461.
       ``(E) Auxiliary equipment for shipboard services, including 
     pumps.
       ``(F) Propulsion equipment, including engines, propulsion 
     motors, reduction gears, and propellers.
       ``(G) Shipboard cranes.
       ``(H) Spreaders for shipboard cranes.
       ``(I) Rotating electrical equipment, including electrical 
     alternators and motors.

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       ``(4) Waiver authority.--The President may waive the 
     requirement under paragraph (2)(A)(i)(II)(bb) or the 
     requirement under paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(IV), as applicable, 
     with respect to a component of a vessel if the Maritime 
     Administrator determines that--
       ``(A) application of the requirement would cause a cost 
     increase of more than 25 percent for such component or 
     unreasonable delays to be incurred in building or 
     retrofitting the vessel; or
       ``(B) such component is not manufactured in the United 
     States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of a 
     satisfactory quality.
       ``(5) Exception.--The President may not, under paragraph 
     (1), condition the export of crude oil to a nation with which 
     there is in effect a free trade agreement requiring national 
     treatment for trade in crude oil if the United States Trade 
     Representative certifies to the President, in writing, that 
     such condition would violate obligations of the United States 
     under such free trade agreement.
       ``(6) Use of federal information.--In carrying out 
     paragraph (1), the President--
       ``(A) shall utilize information made available by the 
     Energy Information Administration, or by any other Federal 
     agency or entity the President determines appropriate; and
       ``(B) may not utilize information made available by a 
     private entity unless applicable information described in 
     subparagraph (A) is not available.
       ``(7) Opportunities for licensed and unlicensed mariners.--
     The Maritime Administrator shall ensure that each exporter of 
     crude oil by vessel provides opportunities for United States 
     licensed and unlicensed mariners to receive experience and 
     training necessary to become credentialed in working on such 
     vessels.''.

     SEC. 4. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION.

       The Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator 
     of the Energy Information Administration, shall collect, and 
     make readily available to the public on the Internet website 
     of the Energy Information Administration, information on 
     exports by vessel of natural gas and crude oil, including--
       (1) forecasts for, and data on, such exports for--
       (A) the calendar year after the calendar year in which this 
     Act is enacted; and
       (B) each calendar year thereafter; and
       (2) forecasts for such exports for multi-year periods after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, as determined appropriate 
     by the Administrator.