[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1077 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1077

     To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal 
 exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2025

Ms. Lee of Nevada (for herself and Ms. Maloy) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal 
 exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining Thermal Energy through 
Advanced Mechanisms Act'' or the ``STEAM Act''.

SEC. 2. NEPA REVIEW.

    Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or the Geothermal 
        Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) for the purpose of 
        exploration or development of geothermal resources'' after ``or 
        gas''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or gas'' and 
                inserting ``, gas, or geothermal''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or gas'' and 
                inserting ``, gas, or geothermal''.
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