# 119-hr-381: LNG Public Interest Determination Act of 2025

119-hr-381, LNG Public Interest Determination Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL); status introduced (as of 2026-10-31).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-381
- Congress: 119
- Title: LNG Public Interest Determination Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 48
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-31

## Summary

**Require LNG export approvals to meet new public interest tests centered on climate, consumer costs, and environmental justice.** This law makes the Secretary of Energy justify any natural gas export by measuring greenhouse gas impacts, effects on U.S. energy prices, and burdens on vulnerable communities. - Families and consumers: Requires an economic assessment that estimates effects on all U.S. consumers with specific attention to low-income households, working families, small businesses, manufacturers, state and local governments, and fertilizer users. - Climate and energy markets: Requires a climate assessment using the 20-year global warming potential of methane, lifecycle greenhouse gas accounting, estimates of social cost, and analysis of how exports affect investment in renewables, electrification, and paths to net-zero by 2050. - Environmental justice and process changes: Requires an environmental justice analysis consistent with Executive Order 14096, public participation with accessibility protections, removes a prior NEPA categorical exclusion for LNG exports, and shifts certain procedural roles to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission while directing the Secretary of Energy to issue implementing rules within one year.

## Cosponsors (48)

- Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2026-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2026-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stricter review for natural gas exports: mixed, high. Natural gas could be exported only if the Secretary of Energy approves it after an application and hearing. Approval would be allowed only if the export is not likely to worsen climate change, raise U.S. energy prices or volatility, or harm vulnerable communities. DOE would have to do three studies…
- One-year deadlines for export decisions: mixed, low. The Secretary of Energy would have to issue the public‑interest finding within one year after the later of getting FERC’s final environmental report or finishing the required studies. The Department would also need to write the implementing rule within one year of enactment. This could make timelin…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-381 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/381)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-381 (as of 2026-10-31).