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H.R. 6482 — what changed

Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 added between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 4 Findings

added

added Congress finds that—

(1)
added pursuant to section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4336c), as amended by section 321(b) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118–5), the Bureau of Land Management announced on April 15, 2024, it had adopted categorical exclusions from the Department of the Navy and the United States Forest Service for geothermal exploration; and
(2)
added if appropriately used, these categorical exclusions are expected to expedite the review and approval of geothermal exploration proposals on Bureau of Land Management lands.