S.Amdt. 2263

SA 2263. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10___. SMALL SCALE LNG ACCESS.

Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
``(c) Expedited Application and Approval Process.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a), the
following shall be deemed to be consistent with the public
interest, and applications for such importation or
exportation shall be granted without modification or delay:
``(A) The importation of the natural gas referred to in
subsection (b).
``(B) Subject to the last sentence of subsection (a), the
exportation of natural gas in a volume up to and including
51,750,000,000 cubic feet per year.
``(C) The exportation of natural gas to a nation with which
there is in effect a free trade agreement requiring national
treatment for trade in natural gas.
``(2) Exclusion.--Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph
(1) shall not apply to any nation subject to sanctions
imposed by the United States.''.
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