Ukraine Crisis Spawns Six Bills on U.S. LNG Exports

Six pieces of legislation regarding LNG exports have been introduced in Congress in response to the political crisis in Ukraine:

H.R. 6 (Gardner, R-CO), the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, would provide for expedited approval of gas exports to World Trade Organization countries and grant without modification or delay gas export applications for which a notice has been published in the Federal Register before March 6, 2014.  Read more in the press release.

H.R. 4139 (Turner, R-OH), the American Job Creation and Strategic Alliances LNG Act, would deem as in the public interest gas exports to a World Trade Organization country.

H.R. 4155 (Poe, R-TX), the Fight Russian Energy Exploitation (FREE) Act, would deem as in the public interest gas exports to the member states of the European Union or certain former Soviet states.

S. 2083 (Udall, D-CO), the American Job Creation and Strategic Alliances LNG Act, would allow for approval of natural gas exports to World Trade Organization member countries, including Ukraine, Japan and India.  Read more in the press release.

S. 2088 (Markey, D-MA), the American Natural Gas Security and Consumer Protection Act would require the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to consider the impacts of proposed gas exports on consumers, the U.S. economy and manufacturing sectors, national security, foreign policy, and other considerations before approving additional natural gas exports to ensure that those exports are in the national interest.  Read more in the press release.

S. 2096 (Begich, R-AK), the Freedom Through Energy Export Act, would extend all of the benefits of the 2004 Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act, excluding loan guarantees, to an all-Alaska pipeline route project with an LNG terminal.  Read more in the press release.