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WASHINGTON, DC – The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4606, the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act, by a vote of 260 to 146.

H.R. 4606, authored by Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) and Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), would allow the expedited approval of small-scale shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which will open-up new markets in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, and preserve existing environmental laws to ensure that small scale export facilities receive the proper review. The legislation also codifies in statute a...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today advanced legislation to modernize the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

H.R. 6511, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act, authored by Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), passed #SubEnergy by voice vote.

H.R. 6511 seeks to preserve and upgrade the nation’s SPR infrastructure by requiring the Secretary of Energy to carry out a pilot program to lease underutilized SPR capacity that will become available under current, mandated drawdowns.
The bill was the...

WASHINGTON, DC – House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders will hold a press conference open to credentialed members of the media today, Thursday, September 6, to call on the Senate to pass self-driving car legislation. The press conference marks one year since the House approved the bipartisan SELF DRIVE Act by voice vote, the first-of-its-kind federal framework for the safe and innovative development and deployment of self-driving cars.

After a year of delays, forcing automakers and innovators to develop in a state-by-state patchwork of rules, the Senate must act to...