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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 · Sec. 2974

Sec. 2974. GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES

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## SEC. 2974 GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES ###
(a)Treatment of Existing Leases Nothing in this subtitle affects— ####
(1)geothermal leases issued by the Secretary of the Interior before the date of enactment of this Act; or ####
(2)the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior to administer and manage the leases described in paragraph
(1)consistent with the provisions of this subtitle. ###
(b)Authority of the Secretary of the Interior Nothing in this subtitle or any other provision of law prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing, subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy, and administering any lease under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) and any other applicable law for the development and use of geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources on the land withdrawn and reserved by section 2971. ###
(c)Applicable Law Nothing in this subtitle affects the geothermal exploration and development authority of the Secretary of the Navy under section 2917 of title 10, United States Code, with respect to the land withdrawn and reserved by section 2971, except that the Secretary of the Navy shall obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior before taking action under section 2917 of title 10, United States Code. ###
(d)Navy Contracts On the expiration of the withdrawal and reservation of land under section 2971 or the relinquishment of the land, any Navy contract for the development of geothermal resources at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake that is in effect on the date of the expiration or relinquishment shall remain in effect, except that the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the Secretary of the Navy, may offer to substitute a standard geothermal lease for the contract.
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