3.0.0 4605 2026-07-16T11:03:22Z 2026-07-16T11:03:22Z Senate S S 2026-05-20 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4605 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings By (subcommittee) 2026-07-15T18:30:26Z Referred To 2026-05-20T20:52:54Z Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025 119 398 HR 2026-05-20 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569. Related bill CRS 2026-07-15 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. Committee 2026-05-20 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2026-05-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000574 Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] Ruben Gallego D AZ N Energy Energy 2026-06-17T15:56:43Z 00 2026-05-20 Introduced in Senate 2026-06-29T12:31:15Z Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2026

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 2026 Display Title 45 Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2026 2026-07-16T11:03:22Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2026 2026-05-29T07:08:30Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide cost-recovery authority for the Department of the Interior. 2026-05-29T07:03:34Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2026-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s4605is/xml/BILLS-119s4605is.xml 2026-07-15 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. 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.