To authorize natural gas exports to certain foreign countries, and for other purposes.

Bill Number: 
H. Res. 4155
Bill Status: 
Bill introduced in Committee
Bill Location: 
House of Representatives
Date of Last Action: 
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Link to entire bill at the Library of Congress site.
Country(s): 
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Relevant Text: 

A BILL

 

To authorize natural gas exports to certain foreign countries, and for other purposes.

     

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

    SECTION 1. Short title.

    This Act may be cited as the “Fight Russian Energy Exploitation (FREE) Act”.

     
    SEC. 2. Natural gas exports to Ukraine.

     

    Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended by inserting “or to the member states of the European Union or the former Soviet states of Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan” after “trade in natural gas”.

     
    SEC. 3. Report on global exports of natural gas production.

     

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report on the following:

    (1) 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 reserves.

    (2) 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 market.

    (3) 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 States.