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 119 STAT. 660

PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005

(e) REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and the Committee on Resources, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, a report describing the results of the grant programs authorized by this section. The report shall include the following: (1) An identification of the size, type, and use of biomass by persons that receive grants under this section. (2) The distance between the land from which the biomass was removed and the facility that used the biomass. (3) The economic impacts, particularly new job creation, resulting from the grants to and operation of the eligible operations. SEC. 211. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING GENERATION CAPACITY OF ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES ON PUBLIC LANDS.

It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Interior should, before the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, seek to have approved non-hydropower renewable energy projects located on the public lands with a generation capacity of at least 10,000 megawatts of electricity. John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 2005. 30 USC 1001 note.

Subtitle B—Geothermal Energy SEC. 221. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 2005’’. SEC. 222. COMPETITIVE LEASE SALE REQUIREMENTS.

Section 4 of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 4. LEASING PROCEDURES.

‘‘(a) NOMINATIONS.—The Secretary shall accept nominations of land to be leased at any time from qualified companies and individuals under this Act. ‘‘(b) COMPETITIVE LEASE SALE REQUIRED.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise specifically provided by this Act, all land to be leased that is not subject to leasing under subsection (c) shall be leased as provided in this subsection to the highest responsible qualified bidder, as determined by the Secretary. ‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE LEASE SALES.—The Secretary shall hold a competitive lease sale at least once every 2 years for land in a State that has nominations pending under subsection (a) if the land is otherwise available for leasing. ‘‘(3) LANDS SUBJECT TO MINING CLAIMS.—Lands that are subject to a mining claim for which a plan of operations has been approved by the relevant Federal land management agency may be available for noncompetitive leasing under this section to the mining claim holder. ‘‘(c) NONCOMPETITIVE LEASING.—The Secretary shall make available for a period of 2 years for noncompetitive leasing any

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