S.Amdt. 3047

SA 3047. 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__. AUTHORIZATION TO EXPORT NATURAL GAS.

(a) Decision Deadline.--The Secretary of Energy shall issue a 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 90 days after the later of--

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

(2) the date of enactment of this Act.

(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 of Energy with respect to the application; or

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

(2) Order.--If the Court in a civil action described in paragraph (1) finds that the Secretary of Energy has failed to issue a decision on the application as required under subsection (a), the Court shall order the Secretary of Energy 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.