,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,markey 7for himself and ,mr4      
,holt7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide that the ,secretary of the      
,interior may accept bids on any new oil
 and gas leases of ,federal lands       
7including submerged lands7 only from   
bidders certifying that all natural gas 
produced pursuant to such leases shall  
be offered for sale only in the ,united 
,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,keep ,american ,natural ,gas ,here 
,act4  #b4 ,no foreign sales of natural 
gas produced on ,federal lands ,the     
,secretary of the ,interior may accept  
bids on any new oil and gas leases of   
,federal lands 7including submerged     
lands7 under the ,mineral ,leasing ,act 
7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #aha et seq47 or the     
,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act  

7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acca et seq47 only from 
bidders certifying that all natural gas 
produced pursuant to such leases shall  
be offered for sale only in the ,united 
,states4  #c4 ,no foreign sales of      
natural gas transported over ,federal   
pipeline rights-of-way ,section #bh7;a7 
of the ,mineral ,leasing ,act 7#cj      
,u4,s4,c4 #ahe7;a77 is amended--  7#a7  
by inserting 7#a7 after 7a72 and  7#b7  
by adding at the end the following3     
7#b7 ,a new right-of-way for a natural  
gas pipeline may not be granted under   
this section unless the applicant for   
the right-of-way certifies that all     
natural gas that is transported via such
 pipeline shall be offered for sale only
 in the ,united ,states4  4  #d4 ,sunset
  7a7 ,sunset  7#a7 ,in general ,this   
,act1 including any certification made  
pursuant to this ,act1 shall have no    
force or effect after the expiration of 
the #aj-year period beginning on the    
date of enactment of this ,act4  7#b7   
,conforming amendments ,section #bh7;a7 

of the ,mineral ,leasing ,act 7#cj      
,u4,s4,c4 #ahe7;a77 is amended--  7,a7  
by striking 7a77#a7 and inserting 7a72  
and  7,b7 by striking the paragraph     
added by the amendment made by section  
#c7b74  7b7 ,report ,two years before   
the end of the period referred to in    
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of the   
,interior and the ,comptroller ,general 
of the ,united ,states shall each submit
 a report to the ,congress on the impact
 of this ,act on natural gas production 
on ,federal lands1 consumption of       
natural gas in the ,united ,states1 and 
prices and markets for natural gas in   
the ,united ,states4