42 USC § 15872 - Assessment of geothermal energy potential

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s15872"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 15872 - Assessment of geothermal energy potential"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "15872"
section_name: "Assessment of geothermal energy potential"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "RENEWABLE ENERGY"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Geothermal Energy"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 226, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 665.)"
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# § 15872. Assessment of geothermal energy potential

Not later than 3 years after August 8, 2005, and thereafter as the availability of data and developments in technology warrants, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey and in cooperation with the States, shall—

**(1)** update the Assessment of Geothermal Resources made during 1978; and

**(2)** submit to Congress the updated assessment.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 226, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 665.)