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Geothermal Royalty Reform Act

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Introduced:
Sep 30, 2025

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Sep 30, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Sep 30, 2025
Introduced in House
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Sep 30, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Sep 30, 2025

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Introduced in House

Sep 30, 2025

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Length: 1,800 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Sep 30, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:09 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5638 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5638

To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to require royalties on
production from leased geothermal resources to be based on production
from each electric generating facility, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 30, 2025

Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to require royalties on
production from leased geothermal resources to be based on production
from each electric generating facility, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``Geothermal Royalty Reform Act''.
SEC. 2.
Section 5 (a) (1) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.

(a)

(1) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C.
1004

(a)

(1) ) is amended--

(1) in subparagraph
(A) --
(A) by inserting ``with respect to each electric
generating facility producing electricity from such
resources,'' before ``not less than''; and
(B) by inserting ``by such facility'' after
``produced''; and

(2) in subparagraph
(B) --
(A) by inserting ``with respect to each electric
generating facility producing electricity from such
resources,'' before ``not less than''; and
(B) by inserting ``by such facility'' after
``produced''.
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