{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-1949","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 1949","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-03-06","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-11-20","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h304","question":"On Passage","title":"Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act","result":"Passed","yea":217,"nay":188,"present":0,"not_voting":28,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll304.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 286.","date":"2025-12-08"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-03-06","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill repeals certain restrictions on the import and export of natural gas under the Natural Gas Act, including requirements for Department of Energy (DOE) approval and related provisions that address free trade agreements."},{"k":"p","t":"In addition, the bill grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the exclusive authority to approve or deny applications to authorize the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of facilities (e.g., liquefied natural gas terminals) to export natural gas to foreign countries or import natural gas from foreign countries. (Currently, DOE authorizes the export or import of natural gas, and FERC authorizes related facilities.)"},{"k":"p","t":"In determining whether to approve or deny an application, FERC must deem the exportation or importation of natural gas to be consistent with the public interest."}],"words":131},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Natural Gas Act to remove its existing restrictions on natural gas imports and exports and to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission exclusive authority to approve or deny applications for facilities that export or import natural gas.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1949/text/eh#H7AB0379C099E4DFF8DF8FAC8B1BF6394"}]},"core_areas":["Authority over natural gas import and export facilities under the Natural Gas Act","Presidential authority to prohibit natural gas imports and exports under sanctions and emergency laws"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Strikes subsections (a) through (c) of section 3 of the Natural Gas Act and renumbers the remaining subsections.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1949/text/eh#H7AB0379C099E4DFF8DF8FAC8B1BF6394"}},{"text":"Gives the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission exclusive authority to approve or deny applications to site, construct, expand, or operate a facility to export natural gas to a foreign country or import it from one, including an LNG terminal.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1949/text/eh#H7AB0379C099E4DFF8DF8FAC8B1BF6394"}},{"text":"Requires the Commission, when deciding such an application, to deem the exportation or importation of natural gas to be consistent with the public interest.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1949/text/eh#H7AB0379C099E4DFF8DF8FAC8B1BF6394"}},{"text":"States that, except as the Natural Gas Act specifically provides, the Act is not intended to affect other applicable law on any Federal agency's authorities or responsibilities related to natural gas import or export facilities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1949/text/eh#H7AB0379C099E4DFF8DF8FAC8B1BF6394"}},{"text":"States that the Natural Gas Act does not limit the President's authority under the Constitution and listed laws, including sanctions laws, to prohibit imports or exports.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1949/text/eh#H7AB0379C099E4DFF8DF8FAC8B1BF6394"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-11-20","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1949/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1949","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1949/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-1949.png","v":"ea452cdfde79","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1949, 119th Congress: Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025. House: 217 Yea, 188 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 20 Nov 2025."}}