[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2855]
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  SA 738. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10____. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTS OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS.

       Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, no person 
     or entity shall--
       (1) export liquefied natural gas from a facility that is 
     not operational as of the date of enactment of this Act; or
       (2) increase the annual total volume of exported liquefied 
     natural gas from a facility that is in operation as of the 
     date of enactment of this Act above the annual total volume 
     that facility exported in calendar year 2022.
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