Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1949

Official text excerpt

119 HR 1949 IH: Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-03-06 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1949 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2025 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania , Ms. Letlow , Mrs. Spartz , Ms. Boebert , Mrs. Bice , Mr. Williams of Texas , Mr. Balderson , Mr. Goldman of Texas , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Arrington , Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Ellzey , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Babin , Mr. Carter of Texas , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mrs. Miller of West Virginia , and Ms. Hageman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas. 
 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025 . 2. Advancing United States global leadership Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717b ) is amended— 
 (1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 
 (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c), and moving such subsection after subsection (b), as so redesignated; (4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
 
 (1) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (in this subsection referred to as the Commission ) shall have the exclusive authority to approve or deny an application for authorization for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a facility to export natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or import natural gas from a foreign country, including an LNG terminal. In determining whether to approve or deny an application under this paragraph, the Commission shall deem the exportation or importation of natural gas to …

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