To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9193 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9193

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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2022

 Mr. Fulcher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GEOTHERMAL LEASING.

    Section 4(b) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 
1003(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2 years'' and inserting 
        ``year'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
        (5) and (6), respectively; and
            (3) after paragraph (2), by inserting the following:
            ``(3) Replacement sales.--If a lease sale under paragraph 
        (1) for a year is canceled or delayed, the Secretary of the 
        Interior shall conduct a replacement sale during the same year.
            ``(4) Requirement.--In conducting a lease sale under 
        paragraph (2) in a State described in that paragraph, the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall offer all nominated parcels 
        eligible for geothermal development and utilization under the 
        resource management plan in effect for the State.''.
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