{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1449","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1449","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"CLEAN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"CLEAN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"CLEAN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"CLEAN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"CLEAN Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-03-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-11-19","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h473","question":"On Passage","title":"CLEAN Act","result":"Passed","yea":244,"nay":171,"present":0,"not_voting":18,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll473.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2024-11-20"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 1228","sponsor":"Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]","purpose":"Amendment sought to extend the timeline for determining permit completeness to 90 days and provide flexibility in the timeline to issue final determinations on a geothermal drilling permit.","result":"Failed","date":"2024-11-19","yea":200,"nay":210,"present":0,"not_voting":28,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll470.xml"},{"number":"H.Amdt. 1229","sponsor":"Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]","purpose":"An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 118-754 to condition the effective date on a certification that the Bureau of Land Management and other Federal permitting agencies have sufficient staff and funding to comply with the deadlines established by this Act.","result":"Failed","date":"2024-11-19","yea":196,"nay":215,"present":0,"not_voting":27,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll471.xml"}],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-11-19","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Failed","yea":200,"nay":210,"present":0,"not_voting":28,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll470.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-11-19","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Failed","yea":196,"nay":215,"present":0,"not_voting":27,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll471.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-11-19","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"CLEAN Act","result":"Failed","yea":202,"nay":211,"present":0,"not_voting":20,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll472.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-11-12","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act or the CLEAN Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Department of the Interior to increase the frequency of lease sales under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 and establishes deadlines for consideration of geothermal drilling permits."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, Interior must increase the frequency of competitive geothermal lease sales in any state that has pending nominations of federal land to be leased for certain geothermal energy projects. Currently, Interior must hold lease sales at least once every two years. This bill requires Interior to hold a sale at least once a year. If a lease sale is canceled or delayed, then Interior must conduct a replacement sale during the same year. In conducting a lease sale in a state, Interior must offer all nominated parcels eligible for geothermal development and utilization under the resource management plan in effect for the state."},{"k":"p","t":"In addition, this bill requires Interior to notify an applicant whether or not its application for a geothermal drilling permit is complete within 30 days of receiving the application. If Interior determines that the application is complete, then it must issue a final decision on the application within 30 days of the date Interior sent the notification."}],"words":202},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to change how often geothermal lease sales are held and to set deadlines for the Secretary of the Interior to act on geothermal drilling permit applications.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1449/text/eh#H79928CBAABFE47F488D01BA2F643BAE4"}]},"core_areas":["Frequency of geothermal lease sales under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970","Deadlines for geothermal drilling permit applications"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends Section 4(b)(2) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 by replacing \"2 years\" with \"year\", which changes the period stated in that paragraph.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1449/text/eh#H79928CBAABFE47F488D01BA2F643BAE4"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a replacement sale during the same year if a lease sale for that year is canceled or delayed.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1449/text/eh#H79928CBAABFE47F488D01BA2F643BAE4"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Interior, when conducting a lease sale in a State described in paragraph (2), to offer all nominated parcels eligible for geothermal development and utilization under the resource management plan in effect for the State.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1449/text/eh#H79928CBAABFE47F488D01BA2F643BAE4"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary, within 30 days of receiving a geothermal drilling permit application, to notify the applicant in writing that it is complete or that information is missing, and to specify the missing information.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1449/text/eh#H79928CBAABFE47F488D01BA2F643BAE4"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to issue a final decision on a complete geothermal drilling permit application within 30 days after notifying the applicant that it is complete.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1449/text/eh#H79928CBAABFE47F488D01BA2F643BAE4"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-11-19","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1449/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1449","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1449/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1449.png","v":"d71dc2e2e682","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1449, 118th Congress: Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act. House: 244 Yea, 171 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 19 Nov 2024."}}