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HR 6454 114th Congress House

Energizing American Shipbuilding and Maritime Act

Official title: To require a certain percentage of LNG and crude oil exports be transported on United States-built and United States-flag vessels, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 7, 2016 Introduced by: Garamendi, John Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Dec 7, 2016
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.
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 Latest action December 7, 2016

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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Energizing American Shipbuilding and Maritime Act

This bill amends: (1) the Natural Gas Act to direct the Department of Energy to require specified percentages of liquefied natural gas exports to be transported on vessels built in the United States and documented under its laws, and (2) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to direct the President to require specified percentages of crude oil exports to be transported on vessels built in the United States and documented under its laws.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6455 Related bill Energizing American Maritime Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6454: Energizing American Shipbuilding and Maritime Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6454/
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"H.R. 6454: Energizing American Shipbuilding and Maritime Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6454/.
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H.R. 6454, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6454/.
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