American Job Creation and Strategic Alliances LNG Act

American Job Creation and Strategic Alliances LNG Act - Amends the Natural Gas Act to deem consistent with the public interest an expedited application and approval process for the importation or exportation of natural gas to a World Trade Organization country.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4139 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4139

     To promote United States economic growth and job creation and 
 strengthen strategic partnerships with United States allies, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2014

 Mr. Turner (for himself, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Olson, Mr. 
  Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Womack, Mr. Westmoreland, Ms. 
 Jenkins, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Gerlach, 
   Mr. Lucas, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Young of 
  Alaska, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Wilson of 
  South Carolina, Mr. Dent, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Marino, Mr. Pearce, Mr. 
  Stivers, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
  Broun of Georgia, and Mr. Reichert) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To promote United States economic growth and job creation and 
 strengthen strategic partnerships with United States allies, 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 ``American Job Creation and Strategic 
Alliances LNG Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS TO WORLD TRADE 
              ORGANIZATION COUNTRIES.

    Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``For purposes'';
            (2) by inserting ``or to a World Trade Organization 
        country'' after ``trade in natural gas''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `World Trade 
Organization country' means a country described in section 2(10) of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(10)).''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall apply with respect to 
applications for the authorization to export natural gas under section 
3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) that are pending on, or filed 
on or after, the date of enactment of this Act.
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