American LNG First Act of 2023

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8215 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8215 To exempt certain vessels transporting liquefied natural gas from certain coastwise endorsement requirements, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 1, 2024 Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Roy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To exempt certain vessels transporting liquefied natural gas from certain coastwise endorsement requirements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``American LNG First Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM COASTWISE LAWS FOR VESSELS TRANSPORTING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS. (a) General Eligibility Requirements.--Section 12103 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the followi…