; 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) and subparagraph (C) 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 2019 , 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. (C) Prohibition on import from or export to certain nations The export of natural gas to, or the import of natural gas from, a nation subject to sanctions imposed by the United States is prohibited. (3) Consideration of exported natural gas as a first sale The exportation of natural gas to a foreign country from the United States 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)