3.0.0 398 2026-07-23T23:06:17Z 2026-07-23T23:06:17Z House H HR 2025-01-14 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/398 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ:H.R. 398.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United StatesConstitution[Page H149]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Discharged from 2026-03-05T15:00:00Z Hearings By (subcommittee) 2025-12-16T15:15:00Z Referred to 2025-12-09T15:00:00Z Reported By 2026-05-20T17:51:14Z Markup By 2026-03-05T17:45:00Z Referred To 2025-01-14T15:00:35Z H. Rept. 119-655 Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2026 119 4605 S 2026-07-15 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2026-05-20 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00569 2026-05-20 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-655. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2026-05-20 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-655. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2026-03-05 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2026-03-05 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2026-03-05 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged Committee 2025-12-16 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held Committee 2025-12-09 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2025-01-14 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2025-01-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress O000172 Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D NY 14 N Energy Alternative and renewable resources 2026-01-05T18:11:02Z Electric power generation and transmission 2026-01-05T18:11:02Z Environmental assessment, monitoring, research 2026-01-05T18:11:02Z Land use and conservation 2026-01-05T18:11:02Z Mining 2026-01-05T18:11:02Z Pollution liability 2026-01-05T18:11:02Z User charges and fees 2026-01-05T18:11:02Z Energy 2025-02-11T14:33:16Z 00 2025-01-14 Introduced in House 2025-04-11T14:19:25Z Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025

This bill expands the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to give the Department of the Interior the authority to collect certain fees from applicants for, or holders of, geothermal leases through September 30, 2032. Specifically, Interior may direct those applicants or leaseholders to reimburse the United States for costs from (1) processing applications for geothermal leases on federal land, such as applications for geothermal drilling permits; and (2) inspecting and monitoring geothermal exploration and development activities, including reclamation activities.

Interior may reduce the amount of the fee if it determines that (1) the full reimbursement would impose an economic hardship on the applicant, or (2) a less than full reimbursement is necessary to promote the greatest use of geothermal resources.

Interior may use those fees only to the extent that they are provided in advance in appropriations acts for (1) processing applications for geothermal leases, and (2) inspecting and monitoring related exploration and development activities.

Within five years of the bill's enactment, Interior must submit to Congress a report that includes an assessment of how the fees affect Interior's geothermal leasing program and any recommendations for updates to the fees and the program. 

]]> Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025 Display Title 45 Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025 2026-07-18T00:04:47Z Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide cost-recovery authority for the Department of the Interior. 2026-07-18T00:04:47Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Reported to House 102 Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025 2026-05-22T02:38:25Z H House Reported in House RH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025 2025-02-08T05:53:19Z Introduced in House IH Reported in House 2026-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr398rh/xml/BILLS-119hr398rh.xml Introduced in House 2025-01-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr398ih/xml/BILLS-119hr398ih.xml 2026-05-20 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.