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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 456 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal exploration |
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| 6 | 6 | | and development in previously studied or developed areas. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY6 (legislative day, FEBRUARY5), 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORTEZMASTO(for herself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the fol- |
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| 11 | 11 | | lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on En- |
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| 12 | 12 | | ergy and Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geo- |
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| 15 | 15 | | thermal exploration and development in previously stud- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ied or developed areas. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining Thermal 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ‘‘STEAM Act’’. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. NEPA REVIEW. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | U.S.C. 15942) is amended— 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 456 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, or the 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | seq.) for the purpose of exploration or development 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of geothermal resources’’ after ‘‘or gas’’; and 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) in subsection (b)— 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or gas’’ 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | and inserting ‘‘, gas, or geothermal’’; and 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or gas’’ 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and inserting ‘‘, gas, or geothermal’’. 9 |
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