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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1687 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency |
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| 6 | 6 | | of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. F |
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| 10 | 10 | | ULCHER(for himself, Ms. MALOY, and Ms. BOEBERT) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase |
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| 14 | 14 | | the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Committing Leases 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | for Energy Access Now Act’’ or the ‘‘CLEAN Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. GEOTHERMAL LEASING. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) A |
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| 23 | 23 | | NNUALLEASING.—Section 4(b) of the Geo-7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | thermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003(b)) is amend-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ed— 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1687 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | inserting ‘‘year’’; 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) after paragraph (2), by inserting the fol-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | lowing: 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 36 | 36 | | EPLACEMENT SALES .—If a lease sale 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | under paragraph (1) for a year is canceled or de-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | layed, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | replacement sale during the same year. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(4) R |
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| 41 | 41 | | EQUIREMENT.—In conducting a lease 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | sale under paragraph (2) in a State described in 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | that paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | offer all nominated parcels eligible for geothermal 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | development and utilization under the resource man-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | agement plan in effect for the State.’’. 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) D |
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| 48 | 48 | | EADLINES FOR CONSIDERATION OF GEO-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | THERMALDRILLINGPERMITS.—Section 4 of the Geo-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | thermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003) is amended 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | by adding at the end the following: 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(h) D |
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| 53 | 53 | | EADLINES FOR CONSIDERATION OF GEO-21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | THERMALDRILLINGPERMITS.— 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(1) N |
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| 56 | 56 | | OTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | date on which the Secretary receives an application 24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | for any geothermal drilling permit, the Secretary 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | shall— 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(A) provide written notice to the appli-3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | cant that the application is complete; or 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(B) notify the applicant that information 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | is missing and specify any information that is 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | required to be submitted for the application to 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | be complete. 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(2) I |
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| 70 | 70 | | SSUANCE OF DECISION.—If the Secretary 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | determines that an application for a geothermal 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | drilling permit is complete under paragraph (1)(A), 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the Secretary shall issue a final decision on the ap-12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | plication not later than 30 days after the Secretary 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | notifies the applicant that the application is com-14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | plete.’’. 15 |
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