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H.R. 1949119th CongressEnergy
Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) · 43 active : 43 Republicans
Latest action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 286.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedNov 20, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govUnlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025
This bill repeals certain restrictions on the import and export of natural gas under the Natural Gas Act, including requirements for Department of Energy (DOE) approval and related provisions that address free trade agreements.
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In addition, the bill grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the exclusive authority to approve or deny applications to authorize the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of facilities (e.g., liquefied natural gas terminals) to export natural gas to foreign countries or import natural gas from foreign countries. (Currently, DOE authorizes the export or import of natural gas, and FERC authorizes related facilities.)
In determining whether to approve or deny an application, FERC must deem the exportation or importation of natural gas to be consistent with the public interest.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On PassagePassed217 yea, 188 nayNovember 20, 2025 · Roll call 304
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 34 | 5 | 15% |
| Middle | 147 | 4 | 3% |
| Entrenched | 219 | 2 | 1% |
| All |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Energy · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- Oil and gas
- Trade restrictions
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
43 activeShow all 43 cosponsors
- Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
- Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)
- Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL)
- Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6)
- Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19)
- John Joyce (R-PA-13)
- John R. Carter (R-TX-31)
- Julia Letlow (R-LA-5)
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4)
- Pete Sessions (R-TX-17)
- Randy K. Sr. Weber (R-TX-14)
- Roger Williams (R-TX-25)
- Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5)
- Troy Balderson
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
