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42 USC § 17203 - International geothermal energy development 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s17203"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 17203 - International geothermal energy development"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "17203"
section_name: "International geothermal energy development"
chapter_number: 152
chapter_name: "ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "ACCELERATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
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. 110–140, title VI, § 624, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1684; Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, § 3002(k), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2495.)"
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# § 17203. International geothermal energy development

**(a)** **In general** The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with other appropriate Federal and multilateral agencies (including the United States Agency for International Development) shall support collaborative efforts with international partners to promote the research, development, and demonstration of geothermal technologies used to develop hydrothermal and enhanced geothermal system resources.

**(b)** **United States Trade and Development Agency** The Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency may—

**(1)** encourage participation by United States firms in actions taken to carry out subsection (a); and

**(2)** provide grants and other financial support for feasibility and resource assessment studies conducted in, or intended to benefit, less developed countries.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 624, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1684; Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, § 3002(k), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2495.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2020—Subsec. (a). , amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with other appropriate Federal and multilateral agencies (including the United States Agency for International Development) shall support international collaborative efforts to promote the research, development, and deployment of geothermal technologies used to develop hydrothermal and enhanced geothermal system resources, including as partners (as appropriate) the African Rift Geothermal Development Facility, Australia, China, France, the Republic of Iceland, India, Japan, and the United Kingdom.”

Subsec. (c). , struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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