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HR 2362 111th Congress House

Renewable Energy Permitting Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Energy and Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize a provision relating to geothermal lease revenue, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establis… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Energy and Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize a provision relating to geothermal lease revenue, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot project to streamline certain Federal renewable energy permitting processes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
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May 18, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
May 12, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 12, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 18, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Renewable Energy Permitting Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and carry out a pilot program in FY2009-FY2018 to improve federal renewable energy permit coordination.

Provides for the distribution of solar and wind energy rental income collected by the Bureau of Land Management in specified percentages to: (1) certain states in which such income is derived; (2) the Renewable Energy Permit Processing Improvement Fund; and (3) the Solar Energy Land Reclamation, Restoration, and Mitigation Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to use amounts in such Funds for processing renewable energy permits and for reclaiming and restoring public land used for the production of solar energy.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to eliminate the five year limitation on the deposit and use of lease revenues under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.

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  • S 995 Identical bill Renewable Energy Permitting Act of 2009
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · May 12, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2362: Renewable Energy Permitting Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2362/
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"H.R. 2362: Renewable Energy Permitting Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2362/.
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H.R. 2362, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2362/.
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