2011 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 27 - GEOTHERMAL ENERGY (§§ 1501 - 1542)
Section 1501 - Congressional statement of findings
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 27 - GEOTHERMAL ENERGY Sec. 1501 - Congressional statement of findings |
| Contains | section 1501 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Short Titles | Geothermal Energy Act of 1980 |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-294, title VI, §602, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 763. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 94 Stat. 763 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 96-294 |
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The Congress finds that—
(1) domestic geothermal reserves can be developed into regionally significant energy sources promoting the economic health and national security of the Nation;
(2) there are institutional and economic barriers to the commercialization of geothermal technology; and
(3) Federal agencies should consider the use of geothermal energy in the Government's buildings.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title VI, §602, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 763.)
Short TitleSection 601 of title VI of Pub. L. 96–294 provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter and sections 1146 and 1147 of this title and amending sections 1141 and 1143 of this title and sections 796, 824a–3, 824i, and 824j of Title 16, Conservation] may be cited as the ‘Geothermal Energy Act of 1980’.”
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