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Union Calendar No. 617
118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 1449
[Report No. 118–730]
To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency
of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH8, 2023
Mr. F
ULCHERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
N
OVEMBER12, 2024
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase
the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales,
and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Committing Leases 4
for Energy Access Now Act’’ or the ‘‘CLEAN Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. GEOTHERMAL LEASING. 6
(a) A
NNUALLEASING.—Section 4(b) of the Geo-7
thermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003(b)) is amend-8
ed— 9
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and 10
inserting ‘‘year’’; 11
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 12
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 13
(3) after paragraph (2), by inserting the fol-14
lowing: 15
‘‘(3) R
EPLACEMENT SALES .—If a lease sale 16
under paragraph (1) for a year is canceled or de-17
layed, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a 18
replacement sale during the same year. 19
‘‘(4) R
EQUIREMENT.—In conducting a lease 20
sale under paragraph (2) in a State described in 21
that paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall 22
offer all nominated parcels eligible for geothermal 23
development and utilization under the resource man-24
agement plan in effect for the State.’’. 25
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(b) DEADLINES FOR CONSIDERATION OF GEO-1
THERMALDRILLINGPERMITS.—Section 4 of the Geo-2
thermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003) is amended 3
by adding at the end the following: 4
‘‘(h) D
EADLINES FOR CONSIDERATION OF GEO-5
THERMALDRILLINGPERMITS.— 6
‘‘(1) N
OTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the 7
date on which the Secretary receives an application 8
for any geothermal drilling permit, the Secretary 9
shall— 10
‘‘(A) provide written notice to the appli-11
cant that the application is complete; or 12
‘‘(B) notify the applicant that information 13
is missing and specify any information that is 14
required to be submitted for the application to 15
be complete. 16
‘‘(2) I
SSUANCE OF DECISION.—If the Secretary 17
determines that an application for a geothermal 18
drilling permit is complete under paragraph (1)(A), 19
the Secretary shall issue a final decision on the ap-20
plication not later than 30 days after the Secretary 21
notifies the applicant that the application is com-22
plete.’’. 23
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617
118
TH
CONGRESS
2
D
S
ESSION
H. R. 1449
[Report No. 118–730]
A BILL
To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to in-
crease the frequency of lease sales, to require re-
placement sales, and for other purposes.
N
OVEMBER
12, 2024
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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