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STEAM Act

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Introduced:
Feb 6, 2025
Policy Area:
Energy

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Feb 6, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Senate
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 10000
Feb 6, 2025

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Energy (Policy Area)

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(R-ND)
Apr 8, 2025
(R-MT)
Mar 27, 2025

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Introduced in Senate

Feb 6, 2025

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Length: 1,669 characters Version: Introduced in Senate Version Date: Feb 6, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 16, 2025 2:14 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 456 Introduced in Senate

(IS) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 456

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

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

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.

This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining Thermal Energy through
Advanced Mechanisms Act'' or the ``STEAM Act''.
SEC. 2.
Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.
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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