House Passes Bill to Reverse Biden LNG Pause

The House of Representatives passed a bill on Feb. 15 that would reverse President Joe Biden’s pause on U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The tally was 224–200, with nine Democrats joining all 215 Republicans in favor of the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024, which House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) said this week was in response to what she called President Biden’s “war on American energy.”

The bill states that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission “shall have the exclusive authority to approve or deny an application for authorization for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a facility to export natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or import natural gas from a foreign country, including an LNG terminal.”


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