CLEAN Act

Russ Fulcher

Republican · ID · Representative

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• Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2)Original· 2025-02-27
• Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4)Original· 2025-02-27
• Susie Lee (D-NV-3)· 2025-03-27
• Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK)· 2025-12-15

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2026-06-03

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Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act or the CLEAN Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to increase the frequency of lease sales for developing and utilizing geothermal energy on federal land. Specifically, Interior must hold lease sales at least once a year (rather than two years) in states with pending nominations of federal land to be leased for geothermal energy development. In conducting such lease sales, Interior must offer all of the pending nominated parcels eligible for geothermal development and utilization under the resource management plan in effect for the state. If a lease sale is canceled or delayed, Interior must conduct a replacement sale during the same year. Finally, the bill establishes deadlines for Interior to respond to applications for geothermal drilling permits.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1687 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1687 To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2025 Mr. Fulcher (for himself, Ms. Maloy, and Ms. Boebert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act'' or the ``CLEAN Act''. SEC. 2. GEOTHERMAL LEASING. (a) Annual Leasing.--Section 4(b) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003(b)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2 years'' and inserting ``year''; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and (3) after paragraph (2), by inserting the following: ``(3) Replacement sales.--If a lease sale under paragraph (1) for a year is canceled or delayed, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a replacement sale during the same year. ``(4) Requirement.--In conducting a lease sale under paragraph (2) in a State described in that paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall offer all nominated parcels eligible for geothermal development and utilization under the resource management plan in effect for the State.''. (b) Deadlines for Consideration of Geothermal Drilling Permits.-- Section 4 of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(h) Deadlines for Consideration of Geothermal Drilling Permits.-- ``(1) Notice.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives an application for any geothermal drilling permit, the Secretary shall-- ``(A) provide written notice to the applicant that the application is complete; or ``(B) notify the applicant that information is missing and specify any information that is required to be submitted for the application to be complete. ``(2) Issuance of decision.--If the Secretary determines that an application for a geothermal drilling permit is complete under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall issue a final decision on the application not later than 30 days after the Secretary notifies the applicant that the application is complete.''. <all>

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