S.Amdt. 3040

SA 3040. Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Begich, and Ms. Heitkamp) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2262, to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the beginning of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. NATURAL GAS EXPORTS.

(a) Decision Deadline.--

(1) In general.--The Secretary shall issue a final decision, or a conditional decision in the case of an application that has not completed the review required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), on any application for authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) not later than 90 days after the later of--

(A) the end of the comment period for the decision as set forth in the applicable notice published in the Federal Register; or

(B) the date of enactment of this Act.

(2) Conditional decision.--If the Secretary issues a conditional decision pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall issue a final decision on any application for authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) not later than 60 days after conclusion of the review required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

(b) Judicial Action.--

(1) In general.--The United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the export facility will be located pursuant to an application described in subsection (a) shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action for the review of --

(A) an order issued by the Secretary with respect to the application; or

(B) the failure of the Secretary to issue a decision on the application.

(2) Order.--If the Court in a civil action described in paragraph (1) finds that the Secretary has failed to issue a decision on the application as required under subsection (a), the Court shall order the Secretary to issue the decision not later than 30 days after the order of the Court.

(3) Expedited consideration.--The Court shall--

(A) set any civil action brought under this subsection for expedited consideration; and

(B) set the matter on the docket as soon as practicable after the filing date of the initial pleading.

(c) Public Disclosure of Export Destinations.--Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(g) Public Disclosure of Liquefied Natural Gas Export Destinations.--

“(1) In general.--In the case of any authorization to export liquefied natural gas, the Secretary of Energy shall require the applicant to report to the Secretary of Energy the names of the 1 or more countries of destination to which the exported liquefied natural gas is delivered.

“(2) Timing.--The applicant shall file the report required under paragraph (1) not later than--

“(A) in the case of the first export, the last day of the month following the month of the first export; and

“(B) in the case of subsequent exports, the date that is 30 days after the last day of the applicable month concerning the activity of the previous month.

“(3) Disclosure.--The Secretary of Energy shall publish the information reported under this subsection on the website of the Department of Energy and otherwise make the information available to the public.”.