Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§15873 Deposit and use of geothermal lease revenues for 5 fiscal years
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 149— - NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - RENEWABLE ENERGY › Part Part B— - Geothermal Energy › § 15873
Summary
For the first five fiscal years after August 8, 2005, geothermal lease payments the United States receives—except amounts owed to States and counties—must be put into a separate Treasury account. The Interior Secretary may use that account to implement those Acts without further approval or time limits and may transfer funds to the Forest Service.
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Title 42, §15873
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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts received by the United States in the first 5 fiscal years beginning after August 8, 2005, as rentals, royalties, and other payments required under leases under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 [30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.], excluding funds required to be paid to State and county governments, shall be deposited into a separate account in the Treasury.
(b)Amounts deposited under subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior for expenditure, without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, to implement the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 [30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.] and this Act.
(c)For the purposes of coordination and processing of geothermal leases and geothermal use authorizations on Federal land the Secretary of the Interior may authorize the expenditure or transfer of such funds as are necessary to the Forest Service.
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The Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is Pub. L. 91–581, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1566, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 1001 et seq.) of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 1001 of Title 30 and Tables. This Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 109–58, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 594, known as the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which enacted this chapter and enacted, amended, and repealed numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 15801 of this title and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 15873
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 6, 2026
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