CLEAN Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1687 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1687

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

                           February 27, 2025

 Mr. Fulcher (for himself, Ms. Maloy, and Ms. Boebert) 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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