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SEC. 234. DEPOSIT AND USE OF GEOTHERMAL LEASE REVENUES FOR 
5 FISCAL YEARS. 
(a) DEPOSIT
OF GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES LEASES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, amounts received by the United 
States in the first 5 fiscal years beginning after the date of enact-
ment of this Act as rentals, royalties, and other payments required 
under leases under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, excluding 
funds required to be paid to State and county governments, shall 
be deposited into a separate account in the Treasury. 
(b) USE OF DEPOSITS.—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 and this Act. 
(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—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. 
SEC. 235. ACREAGE LIMITATIONS. 
Section 7 of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 
1006) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 7.’’, and by inserting immediately 
before and above the first paragraph the following: 
‘‘SEC. 7. ACREAGE LIMITATIONS.’’; 
(2) in the first paragraph— 
(A) by striking ‘‘two thousand five hundred and sixty 
acres’’ and inserting ‘‘5,120 acres’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘twenty thousand four hundred and 
eighty acres’’ and inserting ‘‘51,200 acres’’; and 
(3) by striking the second paragraph. 
SEC. 236. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
The Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) 
is further amended as follows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘geothermal steam and associated geo-
thermal resources’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘geo-
thermal resources’’. 
(2) Section 2 (30 U.S.C. 1001) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(g) ‘direct use’ means utilization of geothermal resources 
for commercial, residential, agricultural, public facilities, or 
other energy needs other than the commercial production of 
electricity; and’’. 
(3) Section 21 (30 U.S.C. 1020) is amended by striking 
‘‘(a) Within one hundred’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(b) 
Geothermal’’ and inserting ‘‘Geothermal’’. 
(4) The first section (30 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘That this’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This’’. 
(5) Section 2 (30 U.S.C. 1001) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 2. As’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘As’’.
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(6) Section 3 (30 U.S.C. 1002) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 3. Subject’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. LANDS SUBJECT TO GEOTHERMAL LEASING. 
‘‘Subject’’. 
(7) Section 5 (30 U.S.C. 1004) is further amended by 
striking ‘‘SEC. 5.’’, and by inserting immediately before and 
above subsection (a) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5. RENTS AND ROYALTIES.’’. 
(8) Section 8 (30 U.S.C. 1007) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 8. (a) The’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8. READJUSTMENT OF LEASE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
‘‘(a) The’’. 
(9) Section 9 (30 U.S.C. 1008) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 9. If’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 9. BYPRODUCTS. 
‘‘If’’. 
(10) Section 10 (30 U.S.C. 1009) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 10. The’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 10. RELINQUISHMENT OF GEOTHERMAL RIGHTS. 
‘‘The’’. 
(11) Section 11 (30 U.S.C. 1010) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 11. The’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 11. SUSPENSION OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION. 
‘‘The’’. 
(12) Section 12 (30 U.S.C. 1011) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 12. Leases’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 12. TERMINATION OF LEASES. 
‘‘Leases’’. 
(13) Section 13 (30 U.S.C. 1012) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 13. The’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 13. WAIVER, SUSPENSION, OR REDUCTION OF RENTAL OR ROY-
ALTY. 
‘‘The’’. 
(14) Section 14 (30 U.S.C. 1013) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 14. Subject’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 14. SURFACE LAND USE. 
‘‘Subject’’. 
(15) Section 15 (30 U.S.C. 1014) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 15. (a) Geothermal’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 15. LANDS SUBJECT TO GEOTHERMAL LEASING. 
‘‘(a) Geothermal’’. 
(16) Section 16 (30 U.S.C. 1015) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 16. Leases’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 16. REQUIREMENT FOR LESSEES. 
‘‘Leases’’. 
(17) Section 17 (30 U.S.C. 1016) is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC. 17. Administration’’ and inserting the following: