To amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision relating to the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals, and for other purposes.

Amends the Natural Gas Act to repeal the exclusive authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve or deny an application for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.

Predicates FERC approval or denial authority regarding such application upon the express concurrence of each state affected by the application.

Directs FERC to: (1) require such application to identify each employee or agent engaged in activities to persuade communities of the benefits of the approval; and (2) maintain a publicly available database listing all such personnel.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2042 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2042

  To amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision relating to the 
siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas 
                   terminals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2007

  Mr. Ruppersberger (for himself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. 
   Kennedy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision relating to the 
siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas 
                   terminals, 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. SITING, CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION, AND OPERATION OF LNG 
              TERMINALS.

    Section 3(e)(1) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(e)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(e)(1) The'' and all that follows through 
        the end of the first sentence and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Siting, Construction, Expansion, and Operation of LNG 
Terminals.--
            ``(1) Authority.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Commission shall approve or deny an application for the 
                siting, construction, expansion, or operation of an LNG 
                terminal.
                    ``(B) State concurrence required.--The Commission 
                shall not approve or deny an application under 
                subparagraph (A) without the express concurrence of 
                each State affected by the application.''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Except'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Effect.--Except''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT.

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall require an applicant 
for approval, by the Commission under the Natural Gas Act, of the 
siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a liquefied natural 
gas facility to identify each of their employees or agents that are 
engaged, directly or indirectly, in activities to persuade communities 
of the benefits of such approval. The Commission shall maintain a 
publicly available database listing all such employees and agents.
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