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10 USC § 2917 - Development of geothermal energy on military lands 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2917"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 2917 - Development of geothermal energy on military lands"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2917"
section_name: "Development of geothermal energy on military lands"
chapter_number: 173
chapter_name: "ENERGY SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY SECURITY ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 97–214, § 6(c)(1), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 172, § 2689; renumbered § 2917, Pub. L. 109–364, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2851(b)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2494; amended Pub. L. 112–81, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2822(c), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1692.)"
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# § 2917. Development of geothermal energy on military lands

**(a)** **Development Authorized.—** The Secretary of a military department may develop, or authorize the development of, any geothermal energy resource within lands under the Secretary’s jurisdiction, including public lands, for the use or benefit of the Department of Defense if that development is in the public interest, as determined by the Secretary concerned, and will not deter commercial development and use of other portions of such resource if offered for leasing.

**(b)** **Consideration of Energy Security.—** The development of a geothermal energy project under subsection (a) should include consideration of energy security in the design and development of the project.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 97–214, § 6(c)(1), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 172, § 2689; renumbered § 2917, Pub. L. 109–364, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2851(b)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2494; amended Pub. L. 112–81, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2822(c), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1692.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2011— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

2006— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , and applicable to military construction projects, and to construction and acquisition of military family housing authorized before, on, or after such date, see , set out as a note under .