[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4865 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4865

     To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal 
 exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 2024

    Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal 
 exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining Thermal Energy through 
Advanced Mechanisms Act'' or the ``STEAM Act''.

SEC. 2. NEPA REVIEW.

    Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or the Geothermal 
        Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) for the purpose of 
        exploration or development of geothermal resources'' after ``or 
        gas''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or gas'' and 
                inserting ``, gas, or geothermal''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or gas'' and 
                inserting ``, gas, or geothermal''.
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