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Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2015

Introduced: March 19, 2015 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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May 19, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-118.
Mar 19, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1667; text of measure as introduced: CR S1668)
Mar 19, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2015

This bill 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.

Interior must 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.

Lessees must make annual rental payments equal to those required for lands that are leased competitively.

What's happening now May 19, 2015

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-118.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • S 1057 Related bill GEO Act
  • S 2012 Related bill Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016
  • S 2089 Related bill American Energy Innovation Act
  • HR 1719 Identical bill Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Mar 19, 2015
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Mar 19, 2015
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Mar 19, 2015
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Risch, James E.
Idaho · Mar 19, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 822: Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-822/
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