S.Amdt. 372

SA 372. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Rubio,
and Mr. Scott of Florida) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2020 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 appropriate place in subtitle H of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. ____. EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF EXPORT OF CERTAIN VOLUMES OF
NATURAL GAS.

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) 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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