,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ege #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #efch
 ,report ,no4 #aai-ffa ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,september #cj1 #bjbe,mr4 ,kennedy of   
,utah introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,may #bj1          
#bjbf;,additional sponsor3 ,mr4 ,begich 
,may #bj1 #bjbf,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
 ,september #cj1 #bjbe  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,geothermal ,steam ,act of    
#aigj to require royalties on production
 from leased geothermal resources to be 
based on production from each electric  
generating facility1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,geothermal ,royalty

 ,reform ,act4  #b4 ,geothermal         
royalties  7a7 ,definitions ,section #b 
of the ,geothermal ,steam ,act of #aigj 
7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja7 is amended by     
adding at the end the following3  7h7   
,geothermal electric generating facility
 means a facility1 including all        
necessary equipment or structures       
7including turbines and cooling         
equipment71 that produces electricity   
using geothermal resources4 ,for        
purposes of section #e7;a77#a71 a       
facility described in the preceding     
sentence shall be considered a separate 
facility from any other such facility   
unless the facility shares a turbine    
with any other such facility4  7i7      
,in-service date means1 with respect to 
a geothermal electric generating        
facility1 the date on which the         
geothermal electric generating facility 
begins operating4  4  7b7 ,geothermal   
royalties ,section #e7;a77#a7 of the    
,geothermal ,steam ,act of #aigj 7#cj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajjd7;a77#a77 is amended--   

7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7,a7 by     
inserting with respect to a geothermal  
electric generating facility producing  
electricity from such resources1 before 
not less than2  7,b7 by inserting by the
 geothermal electric generating facility
 after produced2 and  7,c7 by striking  
the first #aj years of production under 
the lease and inserting each year of the
 #aj-year period following the          
in-service date of the geothermal       
electric generating facility2 and  7#b7 
in subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,a7 by inserting
 with respect to a geothermal electric  
generating facility producing           
electricity from such resources1 before 
not less than2  7,b7 by inserting by the
 geothermal electric generating facility
 after produced2 and  7,c7 by striking  
such #aj-year period and inserting the  
period of #aj years described in        
subparagraph 7,a74  ,may #bj1           
#bjbf,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      

,union1 and ordered to be printed