Legislation· Dec 2025Sponsored by August Pfluger (R)
Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025
Shifts natural gas export and import approval from the Energy Department to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Tradeoff
Removes restrictions on liquefied natural gas exports and imports, letting FERC approve projects based only on public interest. Preserves presidential power to block exports to sanctioned countries and state sponsors of terrorism.
What's in it
Reduces the deficit by $75 million over 2025-2035, with nearly all savings occurring in 2034-2035.
The federal cost to implement the rule (transferring permitting authority and changing approval standards) is negligible since FERC's costs are offset by application fees; the $75 million figure is purely a revenue gain from faster royalty collections on federal lands, not a measure of the policy's broader impact on the natural gas industry or markets.
The House passed this 217-188 on November 20, 2025 — now in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Mar 6, 2025)
House
Committee on Energy and Commerce(Mar 6, 2025)
House
The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor
Reported 26 - 23(Jun 25, 2025)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-269.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #304 · Nov 20, 2025)
217 yeanay 188Senate
Received from the House
Received(Dec 2, 2025)
- John Joyce (R-PA)
- Julia Letlow (R-LA)
- Victoria Spartz (R-IN)
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO)
- Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK)
- Roger Williams (R-TX)
- Troy Balderson (R-OH)
- Craig Goldman (R-TX)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- Randy K. Sr. Weber (R-TX)
- Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
- Jake Ellzey (R-TX)
- Pete Sessions (R-TX)
- Brian Babin (R-TX)
- John R. Carter (R-TX)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA)
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV)
- Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY)
- Gabe Evans (R-CO)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS)
- Jefferson Shreve (R-IN)
- Morgan Luttrell (R-TX)
- Gary J. Palmer (R-AL)
- Addison McDowell (R-NC)
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
- Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)
- Tim Moore (R-NC)
- Aaron Bean (R-FL)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Derek Schmidt (R-KS)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- Neal P. Dunn (R-FL)
- Tom Barrett (R-MI)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Robert F. Onder (R-MO)
- Michael Baumgartner (R-WA)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Laurel M. Lee (R-FL)
- Mark Alford (R-MO)
Passage votes so far· Nov 20, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027