S. 1237: A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to limit the authority of the Secretary of Energy to approve certain proposals relating to export activities of liquefied natural gas terminals.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-06 · Energy · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to limit the authority of the Secretary of Energy to approve certain proposals relating to export activities of liquefied natural gas terminals.

Plain summary

This bill amends the Natural Gas Act with respect to liquid natural gas (LNG) terminals to prohibit the Department of Energy, as of the date the total quantity of natural gas cumulatively exported by fully permitted LNG terminals is at least equal to 8 billion cubic feet per day, from either taking into consideration or approving any proposal submitted by an LNG terminal to: initiate the export of natural gas to a foreign country from an LNG terminal that does not export natural gas as of the date of the proposal's submission, or increase the quantity of natural gas exported to a foreign country by an LNG terminal that does export natural gas as of the date of the proposal's submission.

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Official text

A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to limit the authority of the Secretary of Energy to approve certain proposals relating to export activities of liquefied natural gas terminals.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] reported raising $72,269 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1237.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s1237 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114