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§15873 Deposit and Use of Geothermal Lease Revenues for 5 Fiscal Years

Title 42 › Chapter 149— NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › Subchapter II— RENEWABLE ENERGY › Part B— Geothermal Energy › § 15873

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Put into a separate Treasury account all money the United States gets in the first 5 fiscal years after August 8, 2005, from rentals, royalties, and other payments under geothermal leases, except the amounts that must be paid to states and counties. Those funds can be spent by the Secretary of the Interior without extra Congressional appropriation and with no time limit to carry out the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 and this Act. The Secretary may allow the Forest Service to spend or receive transfers of these funds to help coordinate and process geothermal leases and use authorizations on federal land.

Full Legal Text

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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References in Text

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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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 15873

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60