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118TH CONGRESS REPT. 118-880
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
SUPERCRITICAL GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT ACT
DECEMBER 16, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 8665]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 8665) to amend the Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007 to direct research, development, demonstration, and
commercial application activities in support of supercritical geo-
thermal and closed-loop geothermal systems in supercritical var-
ious conditions, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends 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 Supercritical Geothermal Research and Develop-
ment Act.
SEC. 2. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY.
(a) IN GENERAL.-The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is amend-
ed-
(1) in section 612 (42 U.S.C. 17191; relating to definitions)-
(A) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new paragraph:
(8) SUPERCRITICAL GEOTHERMAL.-The term 'supercritical geothermal' means
energy derived from a subsurface rock resource in-situ existing at or above the
supercritical conditions of the primary fluid present.;
(2) in section 613 (42 U.S.C. 17192; relating to hydrothermal research and de-
velopment), by striking advanced geologic tools to assist and inserting ad-
vanced tools, including machine learning algorithms, to assist;
(3) in section 614 (42 U.S.C. 17193; relating to general geothermal systems
research and development)-
(A) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by striking among the Office of
Fossil Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and
inserting across the Department; and
(B) in subsection (h)-
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