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Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2013

Introduced: February 14, 2013 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 540.
Dec 22, 2014
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-709.
Sep 18, 2014
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 18, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 18, 2014
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Jul 11, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jul 10, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jul 10, 2014
Received in the House.
Jul 10, 2014
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 9, 2014
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4355-4364; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S4359-4360; text as passed Senate: CR S4362)
Jul 9, 2014
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4355-4364; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S4359-4360; text as passed Senate: CR S4362)
Jul 15, 2013
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129.
Jul 15, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-72.
May 16, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Feb 14, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S784-785)
Feb 14, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S784)
Feb 14, 2013
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 9, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to allow the Department of the Interior to award noncompetitive leases on up to 640 acres of federal land for geothermal development if: (1) the land is available for leasing and not already leased or nominated to be leased, (2) the lessee has a legal right to develop geothermal resources on land adjacent to the federal land that will be leased, (3) sufficient data was submitted to Interior to show there is a valid discovery of geothermal resources on the adjacent land and that the thermal feature extends into the adjoining federal land, and (4) the lessee has not previously received a noncompetitive lease for the discovery.

Requires Interior to lease the land at fair market value, publish a notice of any lease requests, and provide review of the final determination of fair market value.

Requires lessees to make annual rental payments equal to those required for lands that are leased competitively.

What's happening now December 22, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 540.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3