(b) TERMINATION OF LEASE FOR FAILURE TO PAY 
RENTAL.—Section 5 of the Geothermal Steam Act of 
1970 (30 U.S.C. 1004) is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) TERMINATION OF LEASE FOR FAILURE TO PAY 
RENTAL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall termi-
nate any lease with respect to which rental is not 
paid in accordance with this Act and the terms of 
the lease under which the rental is required, upon 
the expiration of the 45-day period beginning on the 
date of the failure to pay such rental. 
‘‘(2) 
NOTIFICATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
promptly notify a lessee that has not paid rental re-
quired under the lease that the lease will be termi-
nated at the end of the period referred to in para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(3) REINSTATEMENT.—A lease that would 
otherwise terminate under paragraph (1) shall not 
terminate under that paragraph if the lessee pays to 
the Secretary, before the end of the period referred 
to in paragraph (1), the amount of rental due plus 
a late fee equal to 10 percent of such amount.’’.
SEC. 16. PUBLIC LANDS UNDER MILITARY JURISDICTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et 
seq.) and other provisions of Federal law applicable to de-
velopment of geothermal resources within public lands, all 
public lands under the jurisdiction of a Secretary of a mili-
tary department shall be open to the operation of such 
laws and development and utilization of geothermal re-
sources without the necessity for further action by the Sec-
retary or the Congress. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2689 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘in-
cluding public lands,’’ and inserting ‘‘other than public 
lands,’’. 
(c) TREATMENT OF EXISTING LEASES AND CON-
TRACTS.—Upon the expiration of any lease or contract or 
term thereof in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act of public lands under the jurisdiction of a military 
department for the development of any geothermal re-
source, such lease or contract may, at the option of the 
lessee or contractor—
(1) be treated as a lease under the Geothermal 
Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and be 
renewed in accordance with such Act; or
(2) be renewed in accordance with the terms of 
the lease or contract, if such renewal is authorized 
by such terms. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Interior, 
with the advice and concurrence of the Secretary of the 
military department concerned, shall prescribe such regu-
lations to carry out this section as may be necessary. Such 
regulations shall contain guidelines to assist in deter-
mining how much, if any, of the surface of any lands 
opened pursuant to this section may be used for purposes 
incident to geothermal resources development and utiliza-
tion. 
(e) CLOSURE
FOR PURPOSES
OF NATIONAL DE-
FENSE OR SECURITY.—In the event of a national emer-
gency or for purposes of national defense or security, the 
Secretary of the Interior, at the request of the Secretary 
of the military department concerned, shall close any lands 
that have been opened to geothermal resources leasing 
pursuant to this section. 
(f) LEASE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS.—The 
Secretary of the military department concerned may im-
pose such terms and conditions on the operations of any 
lessee under this section as necessary to maintain military 
missions.
(g) GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘geothermal resource’’ means a subsurface 
reservoir of hot water or steam.
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