3.0.0 456 2026-01-22T17:09:33Z 2026-01-22T17:09:33Z Senate S S 2025-02-06 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/456 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-02-06T18:14:35Z 119 1077 HR 2025-12-16 Subcommittee Hearings Held Identical bill CRS 2025-02-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2025-02-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2025-02-06 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2025-03-27 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2025-04-08 False Energy Alternative and renewable resources 2026-01-05T18:23:27Z Electric power generation and transmission 2026-01-05T18:23:27Z Mining 2026-01-05T18:23:27Z Energy 2025-03-12T16:16:17Z

00 2025-02-06 Introduced in Senate 2026-01-22T17:08:02Z <p><strong>Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act or the STEAM Act</strong></p><p>This bill expedites the environmental review of certain geothermal energy activities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Specifically, the bill expands&nbsp;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.&nbsp;</p><p>A&nbsp;categorical exclusion applies to a class of actions that do not require an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement under NEPA.</p><p>The categorical exclusion established by the bill applies to&nbsp;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.</p>

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