H.R. 5617 · 119th Congress
Geothermal Gold Book Development Act
Status: In committee
- Introduced (done)
- Committee (current)
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Law
Latest action
: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
Summary
Geothermal Gold Book Development Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to identify standard procedures and guidelines for efficient and environmentally responsible geothermal leasing and permitting on federal land and include the procedures and guidelines in its Surface Operating Standards and Guidelines for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development publication, commonly known as the Gold Book.
Interior must (1) publish an updated version of the Gold Book within 270 days of identifying such procedures and guidelines, and (2) review the Gold Book every five years and publish an updated version if necessary to support efficient and environmentally responsible geothermal leasing and permitting.
Interior must also rename the Gold Book to reflect the incorporation of standard procedures and guidelines related to geothermal development.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Actions
- House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
- House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-659.
- House
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- House
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
- House
Subcommittee Hearings Held
- House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House