[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1449 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1449

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

                             March 8, 2023

 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Committing Leases for Energy Access 
Now Act'' or the ``CLEAN Act''.

SEC. 2. GEOTHERMAL LEASING.

    (a) Annual 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.''.
    (b) Deadlines for Consideration of Geothermal Drilling Permits.--
Section 4 of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Deadlines for Consideration of Geothermal Drilling Permits.--
            ``(1) Notice.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
        which the Secretary receives an application for any geothermal 
        drilling permit, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) provide written notice to the applicant that 
                the application is complete; or
                    ``(B) notify the applicant that information is 
                missing and specify any information that is required to 
                be submitted for the application to be complete.
            ``(2) Issuance of decision.--If the Secretary determines 
        that an application for a geothermal drilling permit is 
        complete under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall issue a 
        final decision on the application not later than 30 days after 
        the Secretary notifies the applicant that the application is 
        complete.''.
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