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[Discussion Draft]
[Discussion Draft]
June 18, 2014
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
Rules Committee Print 113-48
H.R. 6, Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act
[Showing the text of the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce.]
1.
This Act may be cited as the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act
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2.
(a)
The Department of Energy shall issue a decision on any application for authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) not later than 90 days after the later of—
(1)
the end of the comment period for such decision as set forth in the applicable notice published in the Federal Register; or
(2)
the date of enactment of this Act.
(b)
(1)
The United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the export facility will be located pursuant to an application described in subsection (a) shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action for the review of —
(A)
an order issued by the Department of Energy with respect to such application; or
(B)
the Department of Energy’s failure to issue a decision on such application.
(2)
If the Court in a civil action described in paragraph (1) finds that the Department of Energy has failed to issue a decision on the application as required under subsection (a), the Court shall order the Department of Energy to issue such decision not later than 30 days after the Court’s order.
(3)
The Court shall set any civil action brought under this subsection for expedited consideration and shall set the matter on the docket as soon as practical after the filing date of the initial pleading.
3.
Public disclosure of export destinations
Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(g)
Public Disclosure of LNG Export Destinations
As a condition for approval of any authorization to export LNG, the Secretary of Energy shall require the applicant to publicly disclose the specific destination or destinations of any such authorized LNG exports.
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