On January 21, 2025, the acting Secretary of the Department of Energy announced that DOE was ending the Biden Administration's pause on reviewing applications to export LNG to countries without a free trade agreement. The announcement also extended a comment period on the Department's analysis of issues concerning LNG export. The Department's announcement noted that "[n]otwithstanding the goal of expeditious determinations, the importance of appropriate administrative records justifies an extension of the period for public comment."