Lowering American Energy Costs Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6851 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6851 To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to ban the export of natural gas produced in the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2025 Mr. Espaillat (for himself, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Tlaib, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to ban the export of natural gas produced in the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Lowering American Energy Costs Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) the Federal Government has repeatedly found that natural gas exports lead to increased domestic gas and electricity prices, as evidenced by-- (A) a November 2025 analysis by the Energy Information Administration, which predicts that natural gas prices in 2026 will be 16 percent higher than in 2025 due to increased liquefied natural gas (referred to in this section as ``LNG'') exports; (B) a December 2024 study by the Department of Energy, which determined that-- (i) unconstrained exports of United States LNG are projected to increase wholesale domestic natural gas prices by 31 percent by 2050, not accounting for the additional price impact of LNG exports on natural gas price volatility; (ii) volatility in the global natural gas market will further increase costs on domestic consumers and industry as United States natural gas exports increase; (iii) United States households will pay up to an additional $122 per year on averag