HR 1077
Advanced toward a vote
Extends the environmental review provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that cover oil and gas so they also cover geothermal energy exploration and development under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.
Official title: STEAM Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
06-FEB-2025
Referred
06-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
05-MAR-2026
Reported
20-MAY-2026
On the calendar
20-MAY-2026
- Amends Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which covers National Environmental Policy Act review for energy projects, to add geothermal resources alongside oil and gas.
- Adds activities under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 carried out for geothermal exploration or development to the covered activities.
- Replaces 'or gas' with ', gas, or geothermal' in two paragraphs of subsection (b) of Section 390.
- The short title is the Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act, or the STEAM Act.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (06-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Reported in House, 20-MAY-2026).
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