Natural gas exports and imports

Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Charge for exportation or importation of natural gas The Secretary of Energy shall, by rule, impose and collect, for each application to export natural gas from the United States to a foreign country with which there is not in effect a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas, or to import natural gas from such a foreign country, a nonrefundable charge of $1,000,000, and, for purposes of subsection (a), the importation or exportation of natural gas that is proposed in an application for which such a nonrefundable charge was imposed and collected shall be deemed to be in the public interest, and such an application shall be granted without modification or delay..