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In this Act: (1) Covered land The term covered land means land that is— (A) Federal land; (B) not excluded from the development of geothermal, solar, or wind energy under— (i) a land use plan; or (ii) other Federal law; and (C) not included in an area— (i) that is subject to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan developed by the California Energy Commission, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Bureau of Land Management, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or (ii) for which the Secretary determines existing wind and solar energy land use planning meets or exceeds the standards established under section 3. (2) Energy storage project The term energy storage project means equipment that— (A) receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Secretary of Energy; and (B) has a storage capacity of not less than 5 kilowatt hours. (3) Exclusion area The term exclusion area means covered land that is identified by the Bureau of Land Management as not suitable for development of renewable energy projects. (4) Federal land The term Federal land means— (A) public land; and (B) National Forest System lands administered by the Department of Agriculture through the Forest Service where the Secretary has authority to issue leases for the development and utilization of geothermal resources under section 3 and section 15 of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1002, 1014). (5) Fund The term Fund means the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund established by section 6(c)(1). (6) Land use plan The term land use plan means— (A) with respect to public land, a land use plan established under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and (B) with respect to National Forest System land, a land management plan approved, amended, or revised under section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604). (7) National Forest System The term National Forest System has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)). (8) Priority area The term priority area means covered land identified by the land use planning process of the Bureau of Land Management as being a preferred location for a renewable energy project, including an area that is identified as a designated leasing area under the rule of the Bureau of Land Management entitled Competitive Processes, Terms, and Conditions for Leasing Public Lands for Solar and Wind Energy Development and Technical Changes and Corrections (81 Fed. Reg. 92122 (December 19, 2016)) (or a successor regulation). (9) Public land The term public land has the meaning given the term public lands in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). (10) Renewable energy project The term renewable energy project — (A) means a project carried out on covered land that— (i) uses wind, solar, or geothermal energy to generate energy; or (ii) transmits electricity to support wind, solar, or geothermal energy generation; and (B) may include an associated energy storage project. (11) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.