DOE stated in its January 20, 2025 order that the LNG export pause was over and pending applications for non-FTA exports would again be considered.

The substance of the claim is supported. President Trump’s January 20, 2025 executive order directed the government to restore consideration of LNG export applications involving countries that do not have free-trade agreements with the United States. The Congressional Research Service described the order as lifting the pause on issuing those permits, while Mayer Brown reported that DOE returned to its regular procedures and instructed its relevant office to resume evaluating pending applications.mayerbrown.commayerbrown.comUnleashing American Energy Executive Order: Impact on LNG Exports | Insightseverycrsreport.comeverycrsreport.comExecutive Orders and U.S. LNG Exports: Frequently Asked Questions

The date and attribution are less precise. The sources provided do not identify a DOE order dated January 20 that made the statement. Mayer Brown instead refers to a DOE statement dated January 21, one day after the executive order. The January 20 action was the presidential executive order, while DOE’s subsequent statement described the agency’s implementation of the policy. The later record also indicates that lifting the pause did not mean every pending application was immediately approved. In May 2025, Akin reported that DOE had issued two conditional authorizations since January and said it was positioned to issue final orders on other pending non-FTA applications. That distinction supports the claim that applications would again be considered, but not an implication that the review process had already produced final approvals.akingump.comakingump.comLiquefied Natural Gas Export Authorizations Closer After DOE Releases Final...+1 more Accordingly, the claim accurately describes the policy result, but it misidentifies the January 20 document and slightly compresses the timing of DOE’s follow-up statement. Those are material precision problems, though they do not overturn the central point that the pause ended and pending non-FTA applications returned to the review process.