The Protect LNG Act of 2025 limits legal challenges to liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities and streamlines their approval process. Under the bill, lawsuits challenging environmental reviews of LNG projects cannot stop or cancel permits and licenses that have already been issued; instead, courts must send violations back to federal agencies to fix rather than vacate the approvals. The legislation affects companies seeking to build or expand LNG export terminals by establishing expedited court review in the circuit where each facility is located and shortening the deadline for filing legal challenges to just 90 days after a permit becomes final. All legal challenges to covered LNG applications must go directly to federal appeals courts rather than district courts, speeding up the process considerably. The bill is intended to reduce litigation delays in permitting natural gas exports while still allowing courts to review whether environmental laws were properly followed.
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