United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1719 (114th)
Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2015
Introduced
26 March 2015
Last action
20 April 2015 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sponsors
Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2015 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 federal land for geothermal development if: (1) the land is available for leasing and not already leased or nominated to be leased, (2) the lessee has a legal right to develop geothermal resources on land adjacent to the federal land that will be leased, (3) sufficient data was submitted to Interior to show there is a valid discovery of geothermal resources on the adjacent land and that the thermal feature extends into the adjoining federal land, and (4) the lessee has not previously received a noncompetitive lease for the discovery. 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.
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Timeline
26 March 2015
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
26 March 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 March 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
20 April 2015
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 26 March 2015 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsii00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2017
- related to → Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2015
- related to ← GEO Act
- related to ← Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016
- related to ← American Energy Innovation Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1719
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1719
- us · 114-hr-1719 · source updated 5 December 2025