S.Amdt. 1487

SA 1487. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS TO
UNITED STATES ALLIES AND PARTNERS.

(a) In General.--Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15
U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(c) For purposes'' and inserting the
following:
``(c) Expedited Approval.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes'';
(2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking
``nation with which there is in effect a free trade agreement
requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas'' and
inserting ``foreign country described in paragraph (2)''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Foreign country described.--A foreign country
referred to in paragraph (1) is--
``(A) a nation with which there is in effect a free trade
agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural
gas;
``(B) a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization; or
``(C) Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Finland, India, or
Japan.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to applications for the
authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the
Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) that are pending on, or
filed on or after, the date of enactment of this Act.
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