,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgfj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ab1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,poe of ,texas 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 provide for the expedited
 approval by the ,secretary of ,energy  
of liquefied natural gas exports1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,export  
,american ,natural ,gas ,act of #bjac4  
#b4 ,liquefied natural gas export       
approval ,section #c of the ,natural    
,gas ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #gag;b7 is     
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsections3  7g7  7#a7   
,for purposes of subsection 7a71 the    
,secretary shall approve or deny an     

application for approval of the export  
of liquefied natural gas1 whether       
through an onshore or offshore terminal1
 not later than #fj days after the later
 of--  7,a7 the ,secretary receiving a  
completed application2 and  7,b7 the    
applicant entering into a contract with 
a customer for the liquefied natural gas
 proposed to be exported4  7#b7 ,if the 
,secretary has not approved or denied an
 application by the deadline established
 under paragraph 7#a71 the application  
shall be deemed to have been approved4  
7#c7 ,this subsection shall not apply to
 an application for export to a nation  
to which such export is prohibited by   
law4  7h7 ,authorization shall be       
provided under subsection 7a7 separately
 from and simultaneously with           
authorization required from the ,federal
 ,energy ,regulatory ,commission or the 
,maritime ,administration1 as           
applicable4  4  #c4 ,report on global   
exports of natural gas production ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  

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