US Congress House Bill 4155 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-04-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fight Russian Energy Exploitation (FREE) Act - Amends the Natural Gas Act to deem consistent with the public interest an expedited application and approval process for the importation or exportation of natural gas to either the member states of the European Union, or to the former Soviet states of Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) how the economic policies of foreign countries with natural gas resources and reserves relate to the development and production of their natural gas resources and reserves, as well as the extent and status of their natural gas resources and reserves; (2) the potential of such countries to export their natural gas production to the global market, including the impact of such exports upon the global market; and (3) U.S. actions to foster natural gas exports to foreign countries having an interest in importing natural gas from the United States.

Fight Russian Energy Exploitation (FREE) Act

Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
2014-03-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2014-03-05	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2014-03-05	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-03-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

HB2471 (Related) 2013-07-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
HB2771 (Related) 2013-08-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
HB3760 (Related) 2014-01-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4155/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4155/BILLS-113hr4155ih.pdf