,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #eff  #aahth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#gdbb  ,report ,no4 #aah-fgj  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,february #bj1 #bjbd ,ms4               
,ocasio-,cortez introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,natural ,resources       
,september #ab1 #bjbd ,reported with an 
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,february
 #bj1 #bjbd  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the   
,geothermal ,steam ,act of #aigj to     
provide cost-recovery authority for the 
,department of the ,interior4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,geothermal ,cost-,recovery         
,authority ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,cost    
recovery from geothermal leasing and    
permitting ,section #f of the           

,geothermal ,steam ,act of #aigj 7#cj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajje7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  7j7 ,cost      
recovery  7#a7 ,in general ,during the  
period that begins on the date of       
enactment of this subsection and ends   
,september #cj1 #bjca1 the ,secretary   
may require a holder of a geothermal    
lease to reimburse the ,united ,states  
for all reasonable administrative and   
other costs incurred by the ,united     
,states from-- 7,a7 processing the      
application for the geothermal lease1   
including any application for an        
operations plan1 geothermal drilling    
permit1 utilization plan1 site license1 
facility construction permit1 commercial
 use permit1 and any other approval     
associated with a geothermal lease2 and 
7,b7 monitoring-- 7i7 geophysical       
exploration operations2  7ii7 the       
drilling1 plugging1 and abandonment of  
wells2 and  7iii7 the construction1     
operation1 termination1 and reclamation 
of any well site or facility for the    

utilization of geothermal resources     
pursuant to the geothermal lease4  7#b7 
,considerations ,in determining whether 
to require reimbursement under paragraph
 7#a71 the ,secretary shall consider    
whether there is in existence a         
contributed funds agreement between the 
,united ,states and the holder of a     
geothermal lease4  7#c7 ,adjustments    
,the ,secretary may reduce the amount to
 be reimbursed under paragraph 7#a7 if  
the ,secretary determines--  7,a7 that  
full reimbursement would impose an      
economic hardship on the holder of the  
geothermal lease2 or  7,b7 that a less  
than full reimbursement is necessary to 
promote the greatest use of geothermal  
resources4  7#d7 ,use ,the amounts      
reimbursed under this subsection shall  
be available to the ,secretary of the   
,interior for expenditure for-- 7,a7    
processing the application for the      
geothermal lease1 including any         
application for an operations plan1     
geothermal drilling permit1 utilization 

plan1 site license1 facility            
construction permit1 commercial use     
permit1 and any other approval          
associated with a geothermal lease2 and 
7,b7 monitoring-- 7i7 geophysical       
exploration operations2  7ii7 the       
drilling1 plugging1 and abandonment of  
wells2 and  7iii7 the construction1     
operation1 termination1 and reclamation 
of any well site or facility for the    
utilization of geothermal resources     
pursuant to the geothermal lease4  4    
#c4 ,report  7a7 ,report ,not later than
 #e years after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,secretary of the       
,interior shall submit to the ,committee
 on ,natural ,resources of the ,house of
 ,representatives and the ,committee on 
,energy and ,natural ,resources of the  
,senate1 and make publicly available on 
the website of the ,department of the   
,interior1 a report that includes-- 7#a7
 an assessment of how the amendments    
made by section #b of this ,act affected
 the ,bureau of ,land ,management's     

geothermal program1 including the       
accomplishments of each field office    
relating to the coordination and        
processing of geothermal permits and any
 other approval associated with a       
geothermal lease2  7#b7 any             
recommendations for reauthorization of  
section #f7;j7 of the ,geothermal ,steam
 ,act of #aigj1 as added by this ,act2  
and  7#c7 any other recommendations for 
updates to such section and the ,bureau 
of ,land ,management's geothermal       
program4  7b7 ,considerations ,in       
developing the report required in       
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of the   
,interior shall solicit facts or        
information from the geothermal industry
 and other stakeholders4  ,september    
#ab1 #bjbd ,reported with an amendment1 
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed