[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 125 (Thursday, July 20, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3490]
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  SA 1002. 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 D of title XXXI, 
     insert the following:

     SEC. 10____. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTS OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS 
                   TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

       (a) Prohibitions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, unless a waiver has been issued under subsection (b), no 
     person or entity may export liquefied natural gas--
       (1) to any entity that is under the ownership or control of 
     the Chinese Communist Party, the People's Republic of China, 
     the Russian Federation, the Democratic People's Republic of 
     Korea, or the Islamic Republic of Iran; or
       (2) except on the condition that such liquefied natural gas 
     will not be exported to the People's Republic of China, the 
     Russian Federation, the Democratic People's Republic of 
     Korea, or the Islamic Republic of Iran.
       (b) Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--On application by an exporter, the 
     Secretary of Energy may waive, prior to the date of the 
     applicable contract, the prohibitions described in subsection 
     (a) with respect to the sale of liquefied natural gas.
       (2) Requirement.--The Secretary of Energy may issue a 
     waiver under this subsection only if the Secretary of Energy 
     determines that the waiver is in the interest of the national 
     security of the United States.
       (3) Applications.--An exporter seeking a waiver under this 
     subsection shall submit to the Secretary of Energy an 
     application by such date, in such form, and containing such 
     information as the Secretary of Energy may require.
       (4) Notice to congress.--Not later than 15 days after 
     issuing a waiver under this subsection, the Secretary of 
     Energy shall provide a copy of the waiver to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
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