Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§2917 Development of geothermal energy on military lands

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 173— - ENERGY SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ENERGY SECURITY ACTIVITIES › § 2917

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A military department secretary may build or allow geothermal energy projects on lands they manage, including public lands, to serve the Department of Defense if the secretary decides it benefits the public and if it does not keep companies from developing or leasing other parts of the same resource. Projects should be designed and built with energy security in mind.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2917

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(a)The Secretary of a military department may develop, or authorize the development of, any geothermal energy resource within lands under the Secretary’s jurisdiction, including public lands, for the use or benefit of the Department of Defense if that development is in the public interest, as determined by the Secretary concerned, and will not deter commercial development and use of other portions of such resource if offered for leasing.

(b)The development of a geothermal energy project under subsection (a) should include consideration of energy security in the design and development of the project.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2011—Pub. L. 112–81 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b). 2006—Pub. L. 109–364 renumbered section 2689 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1982, and applicable to military

Construction

projects, and to

Construction

and acquisition of military family housing authorized before, on, or after such date, see section 12(a) of Pub. L. 97–214, set out as a note under section 2801 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2917

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73