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H.R. 4568: Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act

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H.R. 4568: Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-12-06 · Energy · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-12-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4568, Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act (2017-12-19)

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Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4568 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115