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HR 4605 115th Congress House

Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act

Official title: To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.

Introduced: December 11, 2017 See on congress.gov
Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)Oil and gasTrade restrictions
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Dec 15, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Dec 11, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 11, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 15, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act

This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to grant the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the exclusive authority to approve or deny an application 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 a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal.

The bill states that nothing in the Natural Gas Act limits the authority of the President under any provision of law that imposes sanctions on a foreign person or government, including a foreign government that is designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, to prohibit imports or exports.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Dec 11, 2017
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Dec 11, 2017
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Dec 11, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4605: Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4605/
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"H.R. 4605: Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4605/.
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