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H.R. 4606: Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act

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H.R. 4606: Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-12-11 · Energy · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-12-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 4 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 389 (2018): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4606 (2018-09-06), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act

Plain summary

Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to state that an application under the Natural Gas Act for the importation or exportation of natural gas that does not exceed 0.14 billion cubic feet per day shall be granted without modification or delay.

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Official text

Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] · 6 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4606, Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act (2018-05-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Henry Cuellar (D-TX)

Recorded votes

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Record fed-us-cong115-hr4606 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115