[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6474 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6474

     To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal 
 exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2023

  Mrs. Steel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal 
 exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.

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

SECTION 1. NEPA REVIEW.

    Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or the Geothermal 
        Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) for the purpose of 
        exploration or development of geothermal resources'' after ``or 
        gas''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or gas'' and 
                inserting ``, gas, or geothermal''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or gas'' and 
                inserting ``, gas, or geothermal''.
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