Expedite Our Economy Act of 2013

Expedite Our Economy Act of 2013 - Amends the Natural Gas Act to repeal the authority of the Secretary of Energy over the exportation or importation of natural gas, including the related free trade agreements and applications and approval process.

Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) how the economic policies of foreign countries with natural gas resources and reserves relate to the development and production of their natural gas resources and reserves, as well as the extent and status of their natural gas resources and reserves; (2) the potential of such countries to export their natural gas production to the global market, including the impact of such exports upon the global market; and (3) U.S. actions to foster natural gas exports to foreign countries having an interest in importing natural gas from the United States.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2771 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2771

  To repeal the requirements under the Natural Gas Act for obtaining 
 authorization for the exportation or importation of natural gas, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2013

 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Carter, and Mr. Olson) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
 Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal the requirements under the Natural Gas Act for obtaining 
 authorization for the exportation or importation of natural gas, 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 ``Expedite Our Economy Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. EXPORTATION OR IMPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS.

    (a) Repeal.--Subsections (a) through (c) of section 3 of the 
Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) are repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 
U.S.C. 717b) is amended in the section heading by striking 
``exportation or importation of natural gas;''.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON GLOBAL EXPORTS OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the 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.
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