US Congress Senate Bill 363 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on July 10 2014 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-12-22 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 540.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to allow the Department of the Interior to award noncompetitive leases on up to 640 acres of federal land for geothermal development if: (1) the land is available for leasing and not already leased or nominated to be leased, (2) the lessee has a legal right to develop geothermal resources on land adjacent to the federal land that will be leased, (3) sufficient data was submitted to Interior to show there is a valid discovery of geothermal resources on the adjacent land and that the thermal feature extends into the adjoining federal land, and (4) the lessee has not previously received a noncompetitive lease for the discovery. Requires Interior to 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. Requires lessees to make annual rental payments equal to those required for lands that are leased competitively.

Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2013

Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-22	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 540.
2014-12-22	House	Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-709.
2014-09-18	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2014-09-18	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2014-09-18	House	Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
2014-07-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2014-07-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2014-07-10	House	Received in the House.
2014-07-10	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2014-07-09	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4355-4364; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S4359-4360; text as passed Senate: CR S4362)
2013-07-15	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129.
2013-07-15	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-72.
2013-05-16	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
2013-02-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S784-785)
2013-02-14	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S784)

HB2004 (Same As) 2014-07-29 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/363/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s363/BILLS-113s363is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s363/BILLS-113s363rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s363/BILLS-113s363es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s363/BILLS-113s363rh.pdf