Protect LNG Act of 2025

Summary

Prevents courts from invalidating permits, licenses, or approvals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities when a court finds problems with the environmental review; instead, courts must remand the review while permits remain in effect and agencies must continue processing related applications. Creates a fast-track, single-circuit federal appeals process for challenges to agency actions on LNG export facility applications and imposes a 90-day deadline for filing such claims after final agency action is published in the Federal Register.

• Prohibits courts from vacating permits for LNG export facilities even if environmental reviews under NEPA or the Natural Gas Act are found deficient; courts must remand instead.
• Requires federal agencies to continue processing LNG export-related applications after a court remands an environmental review.
• Designates the federal court of appeals for the circuit where the facility is located as the exclusive forum for appeals of agency orders on covered applications.
• Mandates expedited handling and prompt docketing of such appeals in the designated court of appeals.
• Imposes a 90-day deadline to file judicial challenges after final agency action is published in the Federal Register (unless a shorter period already applies).
• Allows pending petitions to be transferred and decided under the new exclusive-jurisdiction rules upon applicant motion.
• Overrides portions of the Administrative Procedure Act to prevent courts from setting aside or vacating permits for covered LNG facilities.
• Preserves other private enforcement claims that do not rely on the vacatur remedy.