Summary
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.
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Legislative Journey
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor
- Passed Chamber 1
- Passed Chamber 2
- Signed
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 571.
HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-657.
HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-657.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
HouseSubcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held
HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
HouseIntroduced in House
Introduced in House