S 2916
115th Congress
Senate
Energy
Buy American requirements
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Metals
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions
Transportation employees
Energizing American Shipbuilding Act
Introduced: May 22, 2018
Introduced by:
Wicker, Roger F.
Republican
· Mississippi
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
May 22, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Energizing American Shipbuilding Act
This bill amends (1) the Natural Gas Act to direct the Department of Energy (DOE) 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.
DOE and the President may waive these requirements under specified circumstances.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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