S 4975
119th Congress
Senate
A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National…
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Jul 14, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 14, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4975: A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4975/
"S. 4975: A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4975/.
S. 4975, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4975/.
[S. 4975: A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4975/)