Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§17192 Hydrothermal research and development
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 152— - ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - ACCELERATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › Part Part B— - Geothermal Energy › § 17192
Summary
The Secretary must run a program to research, develop, demonstrate, and help commercialize geothermal energy from hydrothermal systems. The program must create new geologic tools, imaging, and sensing methods to find and better characterize resources, and must test advanced siting and exploratory drilling with industry to gather high‑quality subsurface data.
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Title 42, §17192
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(a)The Secretary shall carry out a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for geothermal energy production from hydrothermal systems.
(b)The program authorized in subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1)The research and development of advanced geologic tools to assist in locating hydrothermal resources, and to increase the reliability of site characterization, including the development of new imaging and sensing technologies and techniques to assist in prioritization of targets for characterization;
(2)The demonstration of advanced technologies and techniques of siting and exploratory drilling for undiscovered resources in a variety of geologic settings, carried out in collaboration with industry partners that will assist in the acquisition of high quality data sets relevant for hydrothermal subsurface characterization activities.
Legislative History
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Amendments
2020—Pub. L. 116–260 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to hydrothermal research and development.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
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42 U.S.C. § 17192
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73