; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) Prohibitions (A) Prohibition on restricting natural gas importation or exportation Except as provided in paragraph (1) or in any Federal authorization to export natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or to import natural gas into the United States from a foreign country in effect on the date of enactment of the LNG Now Act of 2017 , to promote the efficient exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including fossil fuels, no employee of the Federal Government shall impose or enforce any restriction or condition on— (i) the exportation of natural gas from the United States to a foreign country; or (ii) the importation of natural gas into the United States from a foreign country. (B) Treatment of imported natural gas The Commission shall not treat, on the basis of national origin, any imported natural gas on an unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential basis. (3) Consideration of imported natural gas as a first sale The importation of natural gas into the United States from a foreign country shall be considered to be a first sale (as defined in section 2 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 ( 15 U.S.C. 3301 )). ; (3) by striking subsections (b) and (c)