1HOUSE · NOV 20, 2025
Passed the House
217–188PASSED
R 206–0 D 11–188
On Passage · roll 304 · 28 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025
Official title: To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2025
- Passed HouseNov 20, 2025 · 217–188
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2025 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 286.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1949.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1949, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025” on September 26, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 11, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61775
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1949, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 119-269,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 119-269 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 17, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/269
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/269 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1949, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9cc0e8078e40d802c00c51a5601fd9fbbea4e3e2decf603ea6b6b9c624192e7c
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1040):Article 1 section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1949, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9cc0e8078e40d802c00c51a5601fd9fbbea4e3e2decf603ea6b6b9c624192e7c
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1949. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
43 cosponsors — 43 Republicans
0 of 43 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), John Carter (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Craig Goldman (R-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), John Joyce (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Daniel Meuser (R-PA) and 13 more.
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