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HR 1077 119th Congress House Energy Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Mining

STEAM Act

Introduced: January 21, 2026 Introduced by: Lee, Susie Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 570.
May 20, 2026
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-656.
Mar 5, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 5, 2026
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 5, 2026
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
Dec 16, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Dec 9, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Feb 6, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act or the STEAM Act

This bill expedites the environmental review of certain geothermal energy activities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Specifically, the bill expands the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include certain geothermal exploration or development activities in an existing categorical exclusion from NEPA for certain oil or gas activities. 

A categorical exclusion applies to a class of actions that do not require an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement under NEPA.

The categorical exclusion established by the bill applies to drilling a geothermal well (1) in an area where drilling has occurred previously within the five years prior to the date when drilling begins; or (2) within a developed field for which an approved land use plan or environmental document prepared under NEPA determined drilling to be a reasonably foreseeable activity, so long as the plan or document was approved within the five years prior to the date when drilling begins.

What's happening now May 20, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 570.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 456 Identical bill STEAM Act
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 21

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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Jan 21, 2026
 D
Gray, Adam
California · Sep 15, 2025
 D
Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp
Washington · Mar 31, 2025
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Mar 14, 2025
 R
Maloy, Celeste
Utah · Feb 6, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1077: STEAM Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1077/
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"H.R. 1077: STEAM Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1077/.
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