American LNG First Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8020 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8020 To exempt certain vessels transporting liquefied natural gas from certain coastwise endorsement requirements, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2026 Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Roy, and Mr. Davidson) 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 2026''. 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 fo…