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H. Rept. 119-659 1 (2026-05-20)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaihu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-659 GEOTHERMAL GOLD BOOK DEVELOPMENT ACT MAY 20, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 5617] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 5617) to direct the Department of the Interior to identify and publish standard procedures and guidelines for geothermal leasing and permit issuance for environmentally responsible geo- thermal operations on Federal lands, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Geothermal Gold Book Development Act. SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF GOLD BOOK FOR GEOTHERMAL OPERATIONS ON FEDERAL LANDS. (a) IDENTIFICATION.-Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with other relevant Federal agen- cies, shall identify standard procedures and guidelines for efficient and environ- mentally responsible geothermal leasing and permitting to the extent such standard procedures and guidelines are not addressed in the fourth edition of the Bureau of Land Management's Surface Operating Standards and Guidelines for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development, commonly known as the Gold Book and last re- vised in 2007. (b) PUBLICATION.- (1) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 270 days after identifying standard proce- dures and guidelines under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall publish an updated version of the Gold Book incorporating any changes nec- essary to support efficient and environmentally responsible geothermal leasing and permitting for use by the field offices of the Bureau of Land Management and geothermal operators. (2) RENAMING GOLD BOOK.-The Secretary of the Interior shall rename the Gold Book to reflect the incorporation of standard procedures and guidelines re- lated to geothermal development. 69-006