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Export American Natural Gas Act of 2013

To provide for the expedited approval by the Secretary of Energy of liquefied natural gas exports, and for other purposes.

Introduced Dec 12, 2013

Latest action (Jan 10, 2014) Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.

Referred to
Foreign Affairs Committee Energy and Commerce Committee Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee
Policy area
Energy
Issues
Climate & Energy

Summary

This bill streamlines the approval process for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports by requiring the Secretary of Energy to approve or deny export applications within 60 days of receiving a completed application or the applicant entering into a customer contract, whichever is later. If the Secretary does not act within the 60-day deadline, the application is automatically deemed approved. The bill allows LNG export authorization from the Secretary of Energy to be processed separately from and simultaneously with any required authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or Maritime Administration. The approval process does not apply to exports prohibited by law. The bill also requires the Secretary of State to submit a report within 180 days describing the natural gas resources and economic policies of foreign countries, their potential to export natural gas to global markets, and the actions the U.S. government has taken to foster American natural gas exports to interested countries.

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Sponsor (1)

Actions (4)
  1. Jan 10, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade. · house
  2. Dec 13, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. · house
  3. Dec 12, 2013 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  4. Dec 12, 2013 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 12, 2013

Mr. Poe of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide for the expedited approval by the Secretary of Energy of liquefied natural gas exports, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Export American Natural Gas Act of 2013”.

SEC. 2. LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORT APPROVAL.

Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:

“(g)(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the Secretary shall approve or deny an application for approval of the export of liquefied natural gas, whether through an onshore or offshore terminal, not later than 60 days after the later of—

“(A) the Secretary receiving a completed application; and

“(B) the applicant entering into a contract with a customer for the liquefied natural gas proposed to be exported.

“(2) If the Secretary has not approved or denied an application by the deadline established under paragraph (1), the application shall be deemed to have been approved.

“(3) This subsection shall not apply to an application for export to a nation to which such export is prohibited by law.

“(h) Authorization shall be provided under subsection (a) separately from and simultaneously with authorization required from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the Maritime Administration, as applicable.”.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON GLOBAL EXPORTS OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report on the following:

(1) The economic policies of foreign countries with natural gas resources and reserves as such policies relate to the development and production of their natural gas resources and reserves and the extent and status of their natural gas resources and reserves.

(2) The potential to export the natural gas production of such foreign countries to the global market and the impact of the export of such natural gas production on the global market.

(3) A description of actions taken by the United States Government to foster natural gas exports to foreign countries that may have an interest in importing natural gas from the United States. <all>

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