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

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Sponsor: Bill Johnson [R-OH-06]
Cosponsors: 6 · 4 Republicans · 2 Democrats
Policy area: Energy
Committees: Energy and Commerce Committee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Latest action: Sep 6, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

IntroducedDec 11, 2017
Passed the HouseSep 6, 2018
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS 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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4606 as introduced in House on Dec 11, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Sep 6, 2018Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveSep 6, 2018

How every member votedHouse roll call 392

House Sep 6, 2018 · the primary vote

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Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act

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260 Yea 146 Nay 23 not voting

Party-line vote 40 of 406 voting members broke with their own party: 37 Democrats, 3 Republicans.

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All members429 members

Democratic193 members

Republican236 members

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Cosponsors6 · 4 Republicans · 2 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 4606 and vote against it. 4 signed when it was filed.

RRobert E. Latta [R-OH-05]Original2026 profile

RKevin Cramer [R-ND-00]Original

RBill Flores [R-TX-17]Original

DHenry Cuellar [D-TX-28]Original2026 profile

RJeff Duncan [R-SC-03]Joined Mar 15, 2018

DGENE GREEN [D-TX-29]Joined May 10, 2018

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

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 46064 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 392

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors6 · 4 Republicans · 2 Democrats

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

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 46064 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 392

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors6 · 4 Republicans · 2 Democrats

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