An Act to further the conduct of research, development, and demonstrations in geothermal energy technologies, to establish a Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project, to provide for the carrying out of research and development in geothermal energy technology, to carry out a program of demonstrations in technologies for the utilization of geothermal resources, to establish a loan guaranty program for the financing of geothermal energy development, and for other purposes.
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sums so appropriated shall be available (1) to carry out the functions 
vested in the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by this 
Act, and (2) for transfer to the Department of Defense, the National 
Bureau of Standards, and the General Services Administration to 
enable them to carry out their respective functions under this Act. 
(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal years 
ending June 30, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979, $50,000,000 in the aggre-
gate to carry out the programs established by this Act. 
Approved September 3, 1974. 
Public Law 93-410 
A N A C T 
Septembers, 1974 
FH R 149201 
To further 
the conduct of research, development, and demonstrations in 
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geothermal energy technologies, to establish a Geothermal Energy Coordi-
nation and Management Project, to provide for the carrying out of research 
and development in geothermal energy technology, to carry out a program 
of demonstrations in technologies for the utilization of geothermal resources, 
to establish a loan guaranty program for the financing of geothermal energj-
development, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. 
„ Geothermal 
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Energy Research, 
Development, and 
CTTQTjfT' T'TT'T V 
Demonstration 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as tlie "Geothermal Energy 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974". 
Act of 1974. 
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FINDINGS 
SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds that— 
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(1) the Nation is currently suffering a critical shortage of 
environmentally acceptable forms of energy; 
(2) the inadequate organizational structures and levels of fund-
ing for energy research have limited the Nation's current and 
future options for meeting energy needs; 
(3) electric energy is a clean and convenient form of energy 
at the location of its use and is the only practicable form of energy 
in some modern applications, but the demand for electric energy 
in every region of the United States is taxing all of the alternative 
energy sources presently available and is projected to increase; 
some of the sources available for electric power generation are 
already in short supply, and the development and use of other 
sources presently involve undesirable environmental impacts; 
(4) the Nation's critical energy problems can be solved only 
if a national commitment is made to dedicate the necessary finan-
cial resources, and enlist the cooperation of the private and public 
sectors, in developing geothermal resources and other noncon-
ventional sources of energy; 
(5) the conventional geothermal resources which are presently 
being used have limited total potential; but geothermal resources 
which are different from those presently being used, and which 
have extremely large energy content, are known to exist; 
(6) some geothermal resources contain energy in forms other 
than heat; examples are methane and extremely high pressures 
available upon release as kinetic energy; 
(7) some geothermal resources contain valuable byproducts 
such as potable water and mineral compounds which should be 
processed and recovered as national resources; 
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(8) technologies are not presently available for the develop-
ment of most of these geothermal resources, but technologies for 
the generation of electric energy from geothermal resources are 
potentially economical and environmentally desirable, and the 
development of geothermal resources offers possibilities of process 
energy and other nonelectric applications; 
(9) much of the known geothermal resources exist on the public 
lands; 
(10) P'ederal financial assistance is necessary to encourage the 
extensive exploration, research, and development in geothermal 
resources which will bring these technologies to the point of com-
mercial application; 
(11) the advancement of technology with the cooperation of 
private industry for the production of useful forms of energy 
from geothermal resources is important with respect to the Fed-
eral responsibility for the general welfare, to facilitate commerce, 
to encourage productive harmony between man and his environ-
ment, and to protect the public interest; and 
(12) the Federal Government should encourage and assist pri-
vate industry through Federal assistance for the development and 
demonstration of practicable means to produce useful energy 
from geothermal resources with environmentally 
acceptable 
processes. 
DKFINITIONS 
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SEC. 3. For the purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term "geothermal resources" means (A) all products 
of geothermal processes, embracing indigenous steam, hot water, 
and brines, (B) steam and other gases, hot water and hot brines, 
resulting from water, gas, or other fluids artificially introduced 
into geothermal formations, and (C) any byproduct derived from 
them; 
(2) the term "byproduct" means any mineral or minerals which 
are found in solution or in association with geothermal resources 
and which have a value of less than 75 percent of the value of the 
geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources or are not, 
because of quantity, quality, or technical difficulties in extraction 
and production, of sufficient value to warrant extraction and 
production by themselves; 
(3) "pilot plant" means an experimental unit of small size used 
for early evaluation and development of new or improved proc-
esses and to obtain technical, engineering, and cost data; 
(4) "demonstration plant" means a complete facility which pro-
duces electricity, heat energy, or useful byproducts for commercial 
disposal from geothermal resources and which will make a sig-
nificant contribution to the knowledge of full-size technology, 
plant operation, and process economics; 
(5) the term "Project" means the Geothermal Energy Coordi-
nation and Management Project established by section 101(a) ; 
(6) the term "fund" means the Geothermal Resources Develop-
ment Fund established by section 204(a) ; and 
(7) the term "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Project. 
TITLE 1—GEOTHERMAL ENERGY COORDINATION AND 
MANAGEMENT PROJECT 
ESTABIJSIIMEXT 
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SEC. 101. (a) There is hereby established the (xeothermal Energy 
Coordination and Management Project. 
Membership. 
^|^^ ^-|^^ rpj^p Project shall bc composed of six members as follows: 
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(A) one appointed by the President; 
(B) an Assistant Director of the National Science Fonnchition; 
(C) an Assistant Secretary of the Depailment of tlie Interior; 
(I)) an Associate Administrator of the National Aeronantics 
and Space Administration; 
(E) the General Manager of tJie Atomic Energy Commission; 
and 
(F) 
an Assistant Administrator of the Federal Energy 
Administration. 
(2) The President shall designate one member of the Project to 
serve as Chairman of the Project. 
(3) If the individual appointed under paragraph (1)(A) is an 
compensation. 
officer or employee of the Federal Goveriunent, he shall receive no 
additional pay on account of his service as a member of the Project. 
If such individual is not an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, he shall be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay in effect for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 
U.S.C. 5315) for each day (including traveltime) during which he is 
engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Project. 
(c) The Project shall have overall responsibility for the provision 
of effective management and coordination with respect to a national 
geothermal energy research, development, and demonstration pro-
gram. Such program shall include— 
(1) the determination and evaluation of the resource base; 
(2) research and development with respect to exploration, 
extraction, and utilization technologies; 
(3) the demonstration of appropriate technologies; and 
(4) the loan guaranty program under title II. 
(d) (1) The Project shall carry out its responsibilities under this 
section acting through the following Federal agencies: 
(A) the Department of the Interior, the responsibilities of 
which shall include evaluation and assessment of the resource 
base, including development of exploration technologies; 
(B) the National Aeronautics and Space xAdministration, the 
responsibilities of which shall include the provision of contract 
management capability, evaluation and assessment of the resource 
base, and the development of technologies pursuant to section 
102(b); 
(C) the Atomic Energy Commission, the responsibilities of 
which shall include the development of technologies; and 
(D) the National Science Foundation, the responsibilities of 
which shall include basic and applied research. 
(2) Upon request of the Project, the head of any such agency is 
authorized to detail or assign, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, 
any of the personnel of such agency to the Project to assist it in carry-
ing out its responsibilities under this Act. 
(e) The Project shall have exclusive authority with respect to the 
establishment or approval of programs or projects initiated under 
this Act, except that the agency involved in any particular program 
or project shall be responsible for the operation and administration of 
such program or project. 
PROGRAM UEFINITIOX 
SEC. 102. (a) (1) The Chairman, acting through the Administrator 
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of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is authorized 
and directed to prepare a comprehensive program definition of an inte-
grated effort and commitment for effectively developing geothermal 
energy resources. Such Administrator, in preparing such compre-
hensive program definition, is authorized to consult with other Federal 
agencies and non-Federal entities. 
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Prlsldent'and'° 
(2) The Chairman shall transmit such comprehensive program 
Congress. 
definition to the President and to each House of the Congress. Interim 
Interim reports. j,(,pQj.^s gj^^ll be transmitted not later than November 30,1974, and not 
later than January 31, 1975. Such comprehensive program definition 
shall be transmitted as soon as possible thereafter, but in any case not 
later than August 31, 1975. 
uie"Ind'ob-ec^*''^'^' 
(^) -^^ P^^^ ®^ ^^^ comprelieusive program definition required by 
tives, transmittal paragraph (1), the Chairman, acting through the Geological Survey, 
c°o^Te\'s^"' """^ 
shall transmit to the President and to each House of the Congress a 
schedule and objectives for the inventorying of geothermal resources, 
(b) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is author-
ized to undertake and carry out those programs assigned to it by the 
Project. 
llESOtlRCE 
I N \ T : N T O R Y 
AND ASSESSMENT 
PROGRAM 
30 u s e 1123. 
SEC. 103. (a) The Chairman shall initiate a resource inventory and 
assessment program with the objective of making regional and national 
appraisals of all types of geothermal resources, including identification 
of promising target areas for industrial exploration and development. 
The specific goals shall include—^ 
(1) the improvement of geophysical, geochemical, geological, 
and hydrological techniques necessary for locating and evaluating 
geothermal resources; 
(2) the development of better methods for predicting the power 
potential and longevity of geothermal reservoirs; 
(3) the determination and assessment of the nature and power 
potential of the deeper unexplored parts of high temperature geo-
thermal convection systems; and 
(4) the survey and assessment of regional and national geo-
thermal resources of all types. 
(b) The Chairman, acting through the Geological Survey and other 
appropriate agencies, shall— 
(1) develop and carry out a general plan for the orderly in-
\'entorying of all forms of geothermal lesources of the Federal 
lands and, where consistent with property rights and determined 
by the Chairman to be in the national interest, of non-Federal 
lands; 
(2) conduct regional surveys, based upon such a general plan, 
using innovative geological, geophysical, geochemical, and strata-
graphic drilling techniques, which will lead to a national inven-
tory of geothermal resources in the United States; 
(3) publish and make available maps, reports, and other docu-
ments developed from such surveys to encourage and facilitate 
the commercial development of geothermal resources for beneficial 
use and consistent with the national interest; 
(4) make such recommendations for legislation as may from 
time to time appear to be necessary to make Federal leasing policy 
for geothermal resources consistent with known inventories of 
various resource types, with the current state of technologies for 
geothermal energy development, and with current evaluations of 
the environmental impacts of such development; and 
(5) participate with appropriate Federal agencies and non-
Federal entities in research to develop, improve, and test technol-
ogies for the discovery and evaluation of all forms of geothermal 
resources, and conduct research into the principles controlling the 
location, occurrence, size, temperature, energy content, produci-
bility, and economic lifetimes of geothermal reservoirs. 
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPxMKNT 
SEC. 104. (a) The Chairman, acting through the appropriate Fed-
eral agencies and in cooperation with non-Federal entities, shall initi-
ate a research and development program for the purpose of resolving 
all major technical problems inhibiting the fullest possible commercial 
utilization of geothermal resources in the United States. The specific 
goals of such programs shall include— 
(1) the development of effective and efficient drilling methods 
to operate at high temperatures in formations of geothermal 
interest; 
(2) the development of reliable predictive methods and control 
techniques for the production of geothermal resources from 
reservoirs; 
(3) the exploitation of new concepts for fracturing rock to 
permit recovery of contained heat reserves; 
(4) the improvement of equipment and technology for the 
extraction of geothermal resources from reservoirs; 
(5) the development of improved methods for converting geo-
thermal resources and byproducts to useful forms; 
(6) the development of improved methods for controlling emis-
sions and wastes from geothermal utilization facilities, including 
new monitoring methods to any extent necessary; 
(7) the development and evaluation of waste disposal control 
technologies and the evaluation of surface and subsurface envi-
ronmental effects of geothermal development; 
(8) the improvement of the technical capability to predict envi-
ronmental impacts resulting from the development of geothermal 
resources, the preparation of environmental impact statements, 
and the assuring of compliance Avith applicable standards and 
criteria; 
(9) the identification of social, legal, and economic problems 
associated with geothermal development (both locally and region-
ally) for the purpose of developing policy and providing a frame-
work of policy alternatives for the commercial utilization of 
geothermal resources; 
(10) the provision for an adequate supply of scientists to per-
form required geothermal research and development activities; 
and 
(11) the establishment of a program to encourage States to 
establish and maintain geothermal resources clearinghouses, which 
shall serve to (A) provide geothermal resources developers with 
information with respect to applicable local. State, and Federal 
laws, rules, and regulations, (B) coordinate the processing of 
permit applications, impact statements, and other information 
which geothermal resources developers are required to provide, 
(C) encourage uniformity with respect to local and State laws, 
rules, and regulations with respect to geothermal resources devel-
opment, and (D) encourage establishment of land use plans, 
which would include zoning for geothermal resources develop-
ment and which would assure that geothermal resources devel-
opers will be able to carry out development programs to the 
production stage. 
(b) The Chairman, acting through the appropriate Federal agen-
cies and in cooperation with non-Federal entities, shall implement a 
coordinated program of research and development in order to demon-
strate the technical means for the extraction and utilization of the 
resource base, including any byproducts of such base, and in order to 
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accomplish the goals established by subsection (a). Research author-
ized by this Act having potential applications in matters other than 
geothermal energy may be pursued to the extent that the findings of 
such research can be published in a form for utilization by others. 
30 u s e 1125. 
agreements. 
DEMONSTRATTOX 
SEO. 105. (a) The Chairman, acting through the appropriate Fed-
eral agencies and in cooperation with non-Federal entities, shall ini-
tiate a program to design and construct geothermal demonstration 
plants. The specific goals of such program shall include— 
(1) the development of economical geothermal resources pro-
duction systems and components which meet environmental 
standards; 
(2) the design of plants to produce electric power and, where 
appropriate, the large-scale production and utilization of any use-
ful byproducts; 
(3) the involvement of engineers, analysts, technicians, and 
managers from industry field and powerplant development, which 
shall lead to the early industrial exploitation of advanced geo-
thermal resources; 
(4) the provision for an adequate supply of trained geothermal 
engineers and technicians; 
(5) the provision of experimental test beds for component test-
ing an evaluation by laboratories operated by the Federal Gov-
ernment, industry, or institutions of higher education; 
(6) the construction and operation of pilot plants; and 
(7) the construction and operation of demonstration plants. 
(b) In carrying out his responsibilities under this section, the Chair-
man, acting through the appropriate Federal agencies, and in coop-
eration with non-Federal entities, may provide for the establishment 
of one or more demonstration projects utilizing each geothermal 
resource base involved, which shall include, as appropriate, all of the 
exploration, siting, drilling, pilot plant construction and operation, 
demonstration plant construction and operation, and other facilities 
and activities which may be necessary for the generation of electric 
energy and the utilization of geothermal resource byproducts. 
Cooperative 
/^\ rpj^^ Chairman, acting through the appropriate Federal agen-
cies, IS authorized to mvestigate and enter into agreements tor the 
cooperative development of facilities to demonstrate the production of 
energy from geothermal resources. The responsible Federal agency 
may consider— 
(1) cooperative agreements with utilities and non-Federal gov-
ernmental entities for construction of facilities to produce energy 
for commercial disposition; and 
(2) cooperative agreements with other Federal agencies for the 
construction and operation of facilities to produce energy for 
direct Federal consumption. 
(d) The responsible Federal agency is authorized to investigate the 
feasibility of, construct, and operate, demonstration projects without 
enterins: into cooperative agreements with respect to such projects, 
if the Chairman finds that— 
(1) the nature of the resource, the geographical location, the 
scale and engineering design of the facilities, the techniques of 
production, or any other significant factor of the proposal offers 
opportunities to make important contributions to the general 
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knowledge of geothermal resources, the techniques of its develop-
ment, or pub] ic confidence in the technology; and 
(2) there is no opportunity for cooperative agreements with 
any utility or non-Federal governmental entity willing and able 
to cooperate in the demonstration project under subsection (c) 
(1), and there is no opportunity for cooperative agreements with 
other Federal agencies under subsection (c) (2). 
(e) Before favorably considering proposals under subsection (c), 
the responsible Federal agency must find that— 
(1) the nature of the resource, the geographical location, the 
scale and engineering design of the facilities, the techniques of 
production, or any other significant factor of the proposal offers 
opportunities to make important contributions to the general 
knowledge of geothermal resources, the techniques of its develop-
ment, or public confidence in the technology; 
(2) the development of the practical benefits as set forth in 
paragraph (1) are unlikely to be accomplished without such 
cooperative development; and 
(3) where non-Federal participants are involved, the proposal 
is not eligible for adequate Federal assistance under the loan 
guaranty provisions of title I I of this Act. 
(f) If the estimate of the Federal investment with respect to con-
struction and operation costs of any demonstration project proposed 
to be established under this section exceeds $10,000,000, no amount 
may be appropriated for such project except as specifically authorized 
by legislation hereafter enacted by the Congress, 
(g)(1) At the conclusion of the program under this section or as 
Federal prop-
soon thereafter as may be practicable, the responsible Federal agencies ailposll!^^^'^' 
shall, by sale, lease, or otherwise, dispose of all Federal property 
interests which they have acquired pursuant to this section (including 
mineral riglits) in accordance with existing law and the terms of the 
cooperative agreements involved. 
(2) The agency involved shall, under appropriate agreements or ^ project by-
other arrangements, provide for the disposition of geothermal resource 
byproducts of the project administered by such agency. 
products, dis-
posal. 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 
SEC. 106. (a) It is the policy of the Congress to encourage the 
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development and maintenance of programs through which there may 
be provided the necessary trained personnel to perform required geo-
thermal research, development, and demonstration activities under 
sections 103,104, and 105. 
(b) The National Science Foundation is authorized to support pro-
grams of education in the sciences and engineering to carry out the 
policy of subsection (a). Such support may include fellowships, 
traineeships, technical training programs, technologist training pro-
grams, and summer institute programs. 
(c) The National Science Foundation is authorized and directed to 
coordinate its actions, to the maximum extent practicable, with the 
Project or any permanent Federal organization or agency having 
jurisdiction over the energy research and development functions of 
the United States, in determining the optimal selection of programs 
of education to carry out the policy of subsection (a). 
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Terms and 
conditions. 
Limitation. 
"Qualified 
borrower." 
(d) The National Science Foundation is authorized to encourage, 
to the maximum extent practicable international participation and 
cooperation in the development and maintenance of programs of edu-
cation to carrying out the policy of subsection (a). 
TITLE II—LOAN GUARANTIES 
ESTABLISHMENT OF LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM 
SEC. 201. (a) It is the policy of the Congress to encourage and assist 
in the commercial development of practicable means to produce useful 
energy from geothermal resources with environmentally acceptable 
processes. Accordingly, it is the policy of the Congress to facilitate 
such commercial development by authorizing the Chairman of the 
Project to designate an appropriate Federal agency to guarantee loans 
for such purposes. 
(b) In order to encourage the commercial production of energy 
from geothermal resources, the head of the designated agency is 
authorized to, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
guarantee, and to enter into commitments to guarantee, lenders against 
loss of principal or interest on loans made by such lenders to qualified 
borrowers for the purposes of— 
(1) the determination and evaluation of the resource base; 
(2) research and development with respect to extraction and 
utilization technologies; 
(3) acquiring rights in geothermal resources; or 
(4) development, construction, and operation of facilities for 
the demonstration or commercial production of energy from geo-
thermal resources. 
(c) Any guaranty under this title shall apply only to so much of 
the principal amount of any loan as does not exceed 75 percent of the 
aggregate cost of the project with respect to which the loan is made. 
(d) Loan guaranties under this title shall be on such terms and con-
ditions as the head of the designated agency determines, except that a 
guaranty shall be made under this title only if— 
(1) the loan bears interest at a rate not to exceed such annual 
per centum on the principal obligation outstanding as the head of 
the designated agency determines to be reasonable, taking into 
account the range of interest rates prevailing in the private sector 
for similar loans and risks by the United States; 
(2) the terms of such loan require full repayment over a period 
not to exceed thirty years, or the useful life of any physical asset 
to be financed by such loan, whichever is less (as determined by 
the head of the designated agency) ; 
(3) in the judgment of the head of the designated agency, the 
amount of the loan (when combined with amounts available to 
the qualified borrower from other sources) will be sufficient to 
carry out the project; and 
(4) in the judgment of the head of the designated agency, there 
is reasonable assurance of repayment of the loan by the qualified 
borrower of the guaranteed indebtedness. 
(e) The amount of the guaranty for any loan for a project shall not 
exceed $25,000,000, and the amount of the guaranty for any combina-
tion of loans for any single qualified borrower shall not exceed 
$50,000,000. 
(f) As used in this title, the term "qualified borrower" means any 
public or private 
agency, institution, association, 
partnership, 
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corporation, political subdivision, or other legal entity which (as 
determined by the head of the designated agency) has presented satis-
factory evidence of an interest in geothermal resources and is capable 
of performing research or completing the development and produc-
tion of energy in an acceptable manner. 
PAYMENT OF INIT.REST 
SEC. 202. (a) With respect to any loan guaranteed pursuant to this ^^^""^^^""^ author-
title, the head of the designated agency is authorized to enter into a 
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contract to pay, and to pay, the lender for and on behalf of the 
borrower the interest charges which become due and payable on the 
unpaid balance of any such loan if the head of the designated agency 
finds— 
(1) that the borrower is unable to meet interest charges, and 
that it is in the public interest to permit the borrower to continue 
to pursue the purposes of his project, and that the probable net 
cost to the Federal Government in paying such interest will be 
less than that which would result in the event of a default; and 
(2) the amount of such interest charges which the head of the 
designated agency is authorized to pay shall be no greater than 
the amount of interest which the borrower is obligated to pay 
under the loan agreement. 
(b) In the event of any default by a qualified borrower on a guar-
anteed loan, the head of the designated agency is authorized to make 
payment in accordance with the guaranty, and the Attorney General 
shall take such action as may be appropriate to recover the amounts 
of such payments (including any payment of interest under subsection 
(a)) from such assets of the defaulting borrower as are associated 
with the project, or from any other surety included in the terms of the 
guaranty. 
PERIOD OF GUARANTIES AND INTEREST ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 2O0. No loan guaranties shall be made, or interest assistance 
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contract entered into, pursuant to this title, after the expiration of the 
ten-calendar-year period following the date of enactment of this Act. 
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT F U N D 
SEC. 204. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United 
States a Geothermal Resources Development Fund, which shall be 
available to the head of the designated agency for carrying out the 
loan guaranty and interest assistance program authorized by this title, 
including the payment of administrative expenses incurred in connec-
tion therewith. Moneys in the fund not needed for current operations 
may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, be invested 
in bonds or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States. 
(b) There shall be paid into the fund the amounts appropriated 
pursuant to section 304(c) and such amounts as may be returned to 
the United States pursuant to section 202(b), and the amounts in the 
fund shall remain available until expended, except that after the 
expiration of the ten-year period established by section 203, such 
amounts in the fund which are not required to secure outstanding 
Establishment. 
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(guaranty obVJ<^ations shall be paid into the jjjeiieral fund of the 
Treasury. 
ortT^submiuai 
(^) Busiucss-type financial reports covering the operations of the 
to Congress. 
fund shall be submitted to the Congress by the head of the designated 
agency annually upon the completion of an appropriate accounting 
period. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
30 u s e 1161, 
PROTECTION 
OF 
P : N V I R 0 N M E N T 
SEC. 301. In the conduct of its activities, the Project and any par-
ticipating public or private persons or agencies shall place particular 
emphasis upon the objective of assuring that the environment and the 
safety of persons or property are effectively protected; and the pro-
gram under title I shall include such special research and development 
as may be necessary for the achievement of that objective. 
REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS 
Reports to 
^ 
^Q^. (a) The Chairman of the Project shall submit to the Presi-
P r e s i d e n t and 
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Congress. 
dcut and the Congress lull and complete annual reports ot the activ-
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f |-]^g Project, including such projections and estimates as may 
l>e necessary to evaluate the progress of the national geothermal energy 
research, development, and demonstration program and to provide the 
basis for as accurate a judgment as is possible concerning the extent to 
which the objectives of this Act will have been achieved bv June 30, 
1980. 
(b) No later than one year after the termination of each demon-
stration project under section 105, the Chairman of the Project shall 
submit to the President and the Congress a final report on the activities 
of the Project related to each project, including his recommendations 
with respect to any further legislative, administrative, and other 
actions which should be taken in support of the objectives of this Act. 
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 
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gj5c_ 303^ (a) Within sixty days after the effective date of the law 
creating a permanent Federal organization or agency having jurisdic-
tion over the energy research and development functions of the United 
States (or within sixty days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act if the effective date of such law occurs prior to the date of the 
enactment of this Act), all of the research, development, and demon-
stration functions (including the loan guaranty program) vested in 
the Project under this Act, along with related records, documents, 
personnel, obligations, and other items to the extent necessary or 
appropriate, shall, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Office of Management and Budget, be transferred to and vested in such 
organization or agency. 
(b) Upon the establishment of a permanent Federal organization 
or agency having jurisdiction over the energy research and develop-
ment functions of the United States, and when all research and devel-
opment (and other) functions of the Project are transferred, the mem-
bers of the Project may provide advice and counsel to the head of such 
organization or agency, in accordance with arrangements made at that 
time. 
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AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 304. (a) For the fiscal years ending June 30,1976, and Septem- 
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ber 30,1977,1978,1979, and 1980, only such sums may be appropriated 
as the Congress may hereafter authorize bj law. 
(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration not to exceed $2,500,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for the purpose of preparing the 
program definition under section 102(a). 
(c) In addition to sums authorized to be appropriated by subsection 
(b), there are authorized to be appropriated to the fund not to exceed 
$50,000,000 annually, such sums to carry out the provisions of the loan 
guaranty program by the Project under title II. 
Approved September 3, 1974. 
Public Law 93-411 
AN A C T 
Septembers, 1974 
To amend the tobacco marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment 
[H. R. 6485] 
Act of 1938. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Agricul- 
3°^^'^'^°° 
tural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended by inserting after section quofa'^s! '"^ 
319 the following new section: 
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"SEC. 320. Xotwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning 
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with the 1975 crop, any kind of tobacco for which marketing quotas 
are not in effect that is produced in an area where producers who are 
engaged in the production of a kind of tobacco traditionally produced 
in the area have approved marketing quotas under this Act shall be 
subject to the quota for the kind of tobacco traditionally produced in 
the area: Provided^ hoioever^ That this section shall not apply in any 
case in which the Secretary or his designee finds any such nonquota 
tobacco is readily and distinguishably different from any kind of 
tobacco produced under quota, because of seed variety, cultural prac-
tices, method of curing and other factors affecting its physical char-
acteristics, as determined through the application of the Federal 
Standards of Inspection and Identification of quota types and the 
tobacco does not possess any of the distinguishable characteristics of a 
quota type. If marketing quotas are in effect for more than one kind 
of tobacco in an area, any nonquota tobacco produced in the area shall 
be subject to quotas for the kind of tobacco traditionally produced in 
the area having the highest price support imder the Agricultural Act 
of 1949." 
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Approved September 3, 1974. 
Public Law 93-412 
AN ACT 
September 3, 1974 
To authorize in the District of Columbia a plan providing for the representation 
[s.3703] 
of defendants who are 
financially 
unable to obtain an adequate defense in 
criminal cases in the courts of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
District o
f 
be cited as the "District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act". 
juiuce AC";!'"""' 
D.C. Code 11-
2601 note.