,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bj1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,poe of ,texas 7for himself and ,mr4   
,hall7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition  
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,department of ,energy        
,organization ,act to transfer          
regulatory authority over exports of    
natural gas from the ,secretary of      
,energy to the ,federal ,energy         
,regulatory ,commission1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,expedite ,our      
,economy ,act of #bjac4  #b4            
,jurisdiction of the ,federal ,energy   
,regulatory ,commission  7a7 ,transfer  
of functions ,section #djb7;a77#a7 of   

the ,department of ,energy ,organization
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gagb7;a77#a77 is  
amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph 7,e71 by
 striking 2 and and inserting a         
semicolon2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,f71  
by striking the period at the end and   
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,g7 the regulation of the exportation  
of natural gas under section #c of the  
,natural ,gas ,act4  4  7b7 ,conforming 
amendment ,section #djb7;f7 of the      
,department of ,energy ,organization    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gagb7;f77 is       
amended by striking the exports or      
imports of natural gas or electricity   
and inserting the imports of natural    
gas1 or the exports or imports of       
electricity14  #c4 ,report on global    
exports of natural gas production ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,state shall submit to    
,congress a report on the following3    
7#a7 ,the economic policies of foreign  

countries with natural gas resources and
 reserves as such policies relate to the
 development and production of their    
natural gas resources and reserves and  
the extent and status of their natural  
gas resources and reserves4  7#b7 ,the  
potential to export the natural gas     
production of such foreign countries to 
the global market and the impact of the 
export of such natural gas production on
 the global market4  7#c7 ,a description
 of actions taken by the ,united ,states
 ,government to foster natural gas      
exports to foreign countries that may   
have an interest in importing natural   
gas from the ,united ,states4