On Thursday, the Republican-led House, with backing from a handful of Democrats, passed legislation that significantly curtails President Joe Biden’s power concerning the authorization of new liquefied natural gas projects.

The Unlocking Domestic LNG Potential Act secured approval in the House with a vote of 224-200, as nine Democrats joined 215 Republicans in backing the legislation.

Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, who chairs the House Energy Action Team, introduced the legislation on February 1st. The bill seeks to overturn Biden’s recent order imposing a pause on permits for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects.

“Just last year, President Biden told the Europeans that they needed to get off Russian gas and that the U.S. would supply their liquid natural gas needs. Now that it is an election year, he is reneging on that deal to appease his radical climate base,” Pfluger told Fox News Digital before the vote.

“Two-thirds of the world’s natural gas is produced in four countries: Russia, Iran, the United States, and Qatar. This effective ban on U.S. LNG exports is a gift to Putin and the Iranian regime that just killed three service members with their weapons to the Houthis,” the Texas lawmaker continued. “I am proud to stand up for American jobs when the president seems to only stand up for the interests of Russia and Iran.”

Pfluger also noted that Russian natural gas is 40 percent dirtier than U.S. gas while ripping Biden’s recent moratorium on LNG exports, labeling it as a “horrible decision for the environment.”

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If enacted, Pfluger’s bill would amend the Natural Gas Act of 1938, giving the independent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) exclusive authority to approve or deny applications for the siting, construction, expansion or operation of LNG export projects. 

And in approving or rejecting permits, FERC would be required under the bill to “deem the importation or exportation of natural gas to be consistent with the public interest.”

“Joe Biden would rather appease the radical environmentalists in his party than protect hardworking Americans. House Republicans will not stand idly by while the Biden administration’s Green New Deal agenda destroys American jobs, stifles American energy, and benefits our adversaries,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told Fox News Digital in a statement.