,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #fea  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#dfjf  ,report ,no4 #aae-hdb  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,december #aa1 #bjag ,mr4 ,johnson of   
,ohio 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,latta1 ,mr4   
,cramer1 ,mr4 ,flores1 and ,mr4         
,cuellar7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,july #ah1      
#bjah;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,duncan
 of ,south ,carolina and ,mr4 ,gene     
,green of ,texas  ,july #ah1 #bjah      
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed ,strike out all after the
 enacting clause and insert the part    
printed in italic ,for text of          
introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    
introduced on ,december #aa1 #bjag  ,a  
,,bill  ,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  ,july #ah1 #bjah ,reported  
with an amendment1 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed