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                     116TH CONGRESS }REPT. 116-500
                        2d Session     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES              Part 1







                              ADVANCED GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH AND
                                      DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2019



                       SEPTEMBER 11, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                                     State of the Union and ordered to be printed



                     Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, from the Committee on Science, Space, and
                                    Technology, submitted the following


                                              REPORT

                                            [To accompany H.R. 5374]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
                    referred the bill (H.R. 5374) to establish and support advanced geo-
                    thermal research and development programs at the Department of
                    Energy, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
                    ports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that
                    the bill as amended do pass.
                                                 CONTENTS
                                                                                     Page
                        I. A m endm ent  ...............................................................................................  2
                        II.  Purpose  of  the  Bill  ......................................................................................  8
                        III. Background and Need for the Legislation ..............................................  8
                        IV.  Com m ittee  H earings  .................................................................................  9
                        V. Committee Consideration  and  Votes  .........................................................  9
                        VI. Summary of Major Provisions of the Bill ..................................................  10
                      VII. Section-By-Section Analysis (By Title and Section) .................................  10
                      VIII.  Com m ittee  View s  ........................................................................................  12
                      IX . Cost  E stim ate  ............................................................................................. .  12
                        X. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .............................................  13
                        XI. Compliance with Public Law 104-4 (Unfunded Mandates) ....................   14
                      XII. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ...........................  14
                      XIII. Statement on General Performance Goals and Objectives ......................  14
                      XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement ...................................................  14
                      XV. Duplication  of Federal Programs   ...............................................................  14
                      XVI. Earm ark  Identification  ..............................................................................  14
                      XVII. Applicability to the Legislative Branch .....................................................  14
                    XVIII. Statement on Preemption of State, Local, or Tribal Law ........................  14
                      XIX. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, As Reported .......................  14
                      XX. Exchange of Committee Correspondence .................................................  29
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