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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-561
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY OPPORTUNITY ACT
JUNE 27, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 7370]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 7370) to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to es-
tablish a deadline for processing applications related to geothermal
leasing, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act or the GEO
Act.
SEC. 2. EFFECT OF PENDING CIVIL ACTIONS ON PROCESSING APPLICATIONS RELATED TO
GEOTHERMAL LEASING.
Section 4 of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
(h) EFFECT OF PENDING CIVIL ACTIONS ON PROCESSING APPLICATIONS RELATED
TO GEOTHERMAL LEASING.-
(1) REQUIREMENT TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS.-Notwithstanding the existence
of any pending civil action that affects an application for a geothermal drilling
permit, sundry notice, notice to proceed, right-of-way, or any other authorization
under a valid existing geothermal lease, the Secretary shall, unless a United
States Federal court vacates or provides injunctive relief for the applicable geo-
thermal lease, geothermal drilling permit, sundry notice, notice to proceed,
right-of-way, or other authorization, approve and issue, or deny, each such ap-
plication not later than 60 days after completing all requirements under appli-
cable Federal laws and regulations, including the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and division A of subtitle
III of title 54, United States Code.
(2) NO NEW AUTHORITY FOR FEDERAL COURTS.-Nothing in this subsection
shall be construed as modifying any existing authority of a Federal court to va-
cate or provide injunctive relief for a geothermal lease, geothermal drilling per-
mit, sundry notice, notice to proceed, right-of-way, or other authorization.
(3) DEFINITION OF AUTHORIZATION.-In this subsection, the term 'authoriza-
tion' means any license, permit, approval, finding, determination, or other ad-
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