S.Amdt. 737

SA 737. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 G of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. 10____. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTS OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
TO CHINA.

Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, no person
or entity shall--
(1) export liquefied natural gas to the People's Republic
of China from a facility that is not operational as of the
date of enactment of this Act; or
(2) increase the annual total volume of exported liquefied
natural gas to the People's Republic of China from a facility
that is in operation as of the date of enactment of this Act
above the annual total volume that facility exported in
calendar year 2022.
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