#aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #dfjf  ,,an ,,act  ,to provide that 
applications under the ,natural ,gas    
,act for the importation or exportation 
of small volumes of natural gas shall be
 granted without modification or delay4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,ensuring ,small ,scale ,,lng   
,certainty and ,access ,act4  #b4 ,small
 scale exportation or importation of    
natural gas ,section #c7;c7 of the      
,natural ,gas ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4       
#gag;b7c77 is amended--  7#a7 by        
striking ,for purposes and inserting    
7#a7 ,for purposes2 and  7#b7 by adding 
at the end the following3  7#b7 ,for    
purposes of subsection 7a71 and in      
addition to any importation or          
exportation of natural gas described in 
paragraph 7#a71 importation or          
exportation of natural gas shall be     
deemed to be consistent with the public 
interest1 and an application for such   
importation or exportation shall be     
granted without modification or delay1  

if-- 7,a7 the application for such      
importation or exportation proposes to  
import or export a volume of natural gas
 that does not exceed #j4ad billion     
cubic feet per day2 and  7,b7 the       
,commission's approval of such          
application does not require an         
environmental impact statement or an    
environmental assessment under the      
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi4  4  ,passed the ,house of       
,representatives ,september #f1         
#bjah4;,clerk4