,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #figg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #h1 #bjbb,mrs4
 ,fletcher introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to provide that1 for a #c-year 
period1 applications for the exportation
 of natural gas to member countries of  
the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty            
,organization be granted without        
modification or delay1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,american ,gas for  
,allies ,act4  #b4 ,temporary treatment 
of certain applications for the         
exportation of natural gas  7a7 ,in     
general ,during the period described in 
subsection 7c7 of this section1 for     
purposes of section #c7;a7 of the       
,natural ,gas ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4       
#gag;b7a771 the exportation of natural  
gas to a foreign country described in   
subsection 7b7 of this section shall be 
deemed to be consistent with the public 

interest1 and applications for such     
exportation shall be granted without    
modification or delay4  7b7 ,foreign    
countries ,a foreign country described  
in this subsection is-- 7#a7 a member   
country of the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty 
,organization2 or  7#b7 any other       
foreign country1 if the ,secretary of   
,state1 in consultation with the        
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,energy1 determines that  
exportation of natural gas to that      
foreign country would promote the       
national security interests of the      
,united ,states4  7c7 ,applicability    
,this section shall apply with respect  
to applications for the authorization to
 export natural gas under section #c of 
the ,natural ,gas ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4   
#gag;b7 to a foreign country described  
in subsection 7b7 of this section that  
are pending on the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 or filed during the period   
that begins on such date of enactment   
and ends on the date that is #c years   

after such date of enactment4