,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjad ,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 authorize natural gas    
exports to certain foreign countries1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,fight ,russian ,energy ,exploitation   
7,,free7 ,act4  #b4 ,natural gas exports
 to ,ukraine ,section #c7;c7 of the     
,natural ,gas ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4       
#gag;b7c77 is amended by inserting or to
 the member states of the ,european     
,union or the former ,soviet states of  
,ukraine1 ,georgia1 ,armenia1           
,azerbaijan1 ,belarus1 ,kazakhstan1     

,kyrgyzstan1 ,moldova1 ,tajikistan1     
,turkmenistan1 and ,uzbekistan after    
trade in natural gas4  #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