STEAM Act

[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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