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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-730
COMMITTING LEASES FOR ENERGY ACCESS NOW ACT
NOVEMBER 12, 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
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1449]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1449) to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to in-
crease the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do
pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 1449 is to amend the Geothermal Steam Act
of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replace-
ment sales, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The multiple environmental reviews required for geothermal en-
ergy projects result in development timelines longer than many
other power production projects.' The Geothermal Steam Act of
1970 2 currently requires the Secretary of the Interior to hold a
competitive lease sale at least once every 2 years for land in a
State that has nominations pending. 3 However, some states, like
California, have not held a competitive geothermal lease sale since
'Congressional Research Service, Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Introduction and Issues for
Congress, September 29, 2022, https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47256.
2Pub. L. No. 91-581.
3 Id.
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