[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6474 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6474


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2024

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal 
 exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NEPA REVIEW.

    Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or the Geothermal 
        Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) for the purpose of 
        exploration or development of geothermal resources'' after ``or 
        gas''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or gas'' and 
                inserting ``, gas, or geothermal''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or gas'' and 
                inserting ``, gas, or geothermal''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.