Cutting LNG Bunkering Red Tape Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4760 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4760

 To amend the Natural Gas Act to clarify the treatment of bunkering as 
                   an export, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2025

    Ms. Lee of Florida (for herself and Mr. Pfluger) 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 clarify the treatment of bunkering as 
                   an export, 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 ``Cutting LNG Bunkering Red Tape 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF BUNKERING.

    Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Bunkering.--For purposes of this section, the bunkering of 
natural gas for use by the receiving vessel as marine fuel shall not be 
considered an export unless the transfer of such natural gas to the 
receiving vessel occurs in the territorial sea or inland waters of a 
foreign country, regardless of the flag or country of registry of 
either vessel.''.
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