Sec. 3. Exportation or importation of natural gas
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Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717b ) is amended— by striking the section heading and all that follows through
(a)After and inserting the following: After ; in subsection (a)— in paragraph
(1)(as so designated)— in the second sentence, by striking , unless, and all that follows through the period at the end of the sentence and inserting without modification or delay. ; and in the third sentence, by striking by its order and all that follows through the period at the end of the sentence and inserting condition the order on a requirement that the applicant, on request, provide relevant data to the Commission to facilitate the information collection and statistical activities of the Commission. ; and by adding at the end the following: Except as provided in paragraph
(1)or in any Federal authorization to export natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or to import natural gas into the United States from a foreign country in effect on the date of enactment of the LNG Now Act of 2017 , to promote the efficient exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including fossil fuels, no employee of the Federal Government shall impose or enforce any restriction or condition on— the exportation of natural gas from the United States to a foreign country; or the importation of natural gas into the United States from a foreign country. The Commission shall not treat, on the basis of national origin, any imported natural gas on an unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential basis. The importation of natural gas into the United States from a foreign country shall be considered to be a first sale (as defined in section 2 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 ( 15 U.S.C. 3301 )). ; by striking subsections
(b)and (c); and by redesignating subsections
(d)through
(f)as subsections
(b)through (d), respectively. The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall not affect any Federal authorization to export natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or to import natural gas into the United States from a foreign country in effect on the date of enactment of the LNG Now Act of 2017 .
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