{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s15872","title_num":"42","num":"§ 15872.","heading":"Assessment of geothermal energy potential","status":null,"guid":"id7b9aabad-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 226, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 665.)","seq_in_title":7426,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch149/schII/ptB","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch149","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 149—","heading":"NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch149/schII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER II—","heading":"RENEWABLE ENERGY","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch149/schII/ptB","level":"part","num":"Part B—","heading":"Geothermal Energy","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8fbd6ccc-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s15872\"><num value=\"15872\">§ 15872.</num><heading> Assessment of geothermal energy potential</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Not later than 3 years after <date date=\"2005-08-08\">August 8, 2005</date>, 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—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8fbd6ccd-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s15872/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> update the Assessment of Geothermal Resources made during 1978; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8fbd6cce-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s15872/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> submit to Congress the updated assessment.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id8fbd6ccf-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/109/58/tII/s226\">Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 226</ref>, <date date=\"2005-08-08\">Aug. 8, 2005</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/119/665\">119 Stat. 665</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}