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  • H. R. 1449 — An Act To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:507

    H. R. 1449, also known as the “Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act” or the “CLEAN Act,” aims to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. The bill intends to increase the frequency of geothermal lease sales to annually instead of every two years, ensure that if a lease...

    Simple Explanation

    H. R. 1449 is a new rule that asks to sell special permissions to use underground heat for making energy every year instead of every two years. If a sale gets canceled, they must have another one that year, and they need to quickly decide who gets to drill wells for this energy.

  • H. R. 1449 — To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes.
    Status:Reported in House
    Words:627

    H.R. 1449, titled the “Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act” or the “CLEAN Act,” proposes changes to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. It aims to increase the frequency of leasing opportunities for geothermal energy development by shortening the time between lease...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 1449 wants to change the rules so there are more chances each year to find and use hot water underground, which can help make energy, and makes sure that if this chance is canceled, it is replaced quickly. It also tells the people in charge to make decisions about using this hot water faster, but some worry this might cause problems if it's too rushed.

  • H. R. 1449 — An Act To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes.
    Status:Referred in Senate
    Words:494

    H. R. 1449, titled the “Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act” or the “CLEAN Act,” proposes changes to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. The bill aims to increase the frequency of geothermal lease sales by mandating yearly sales instead of every two years and requires...

    Simple Explanation

    In this bill, they're changing the rules to make it easier and faster to use hot water from the Earth to make energy by having more frequent sales and quicker decisions on who gets to drill for this energy. They're doing this so people won't have to wait so long to start using the Earth's heat to make power.