US Congress House Bill 4568 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-09 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act This bill amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to allow the Department of the Interior to award noncompetitive leases on up to 640 acres of certain federal land for geothermal development. Interior must lease the land at fair market value, publish a notice of any lease requests, and provide review of the final determination of fair market value. Lessees must make annual rental payments equal to those required for lands that are leased competitively. The bill exempts geothermal exploration test projects from complying with environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Interior must designate portions of certain federal land as geothermal leasing priority areas. The bill sets forth requirements for environmental review under NEPA with respect to the priority areas.

Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act

Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]

Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-09	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.
2018-01-09	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-502.
2017-12-13	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2017-12-13	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-12-12	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-12-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2017-12-06	House	Introduced in House

HB4252 (Related) 2017-11-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
HB4426 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4568/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4568/BILLS-115hr4568ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4568/BILLS-115hr4568rh.pdf