SecBot SecBot

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

H.R. 6474 Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA-45) Passed House
Bill text PDF
  1. Introduced Nov 21
  2. Committee Nov 21
  3. Passed House Sep 24
  4. Passed Senate Next
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
Passed House, Sep 24, 2024Next: Senate vote
763d ago Sep 25, 2024: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Final votes
No roll callsNo recorded vote on this bill yet
Lobbying
1company, 1 filing
Subscribe to see spend
Member trades
0trades in the last 90 days
None in these companies
Who backs the bill and who pushes back Subscribe

Companies lobbying on this bill

1 company
Companies by sector
Other 1
Search all 1 companies, their asks and price moves Subscribe

Summary

This bill expedites the environmental review of certain geothermal energy activities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Specifically, the bill modifies the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to allow a categorical exclusion under NEPA for 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.

Library of Congress summary, Sep 24, 2024

Summary versions
  • Passed HouseSep 24, 2024
  • Reported to HouseSep 18, 2024
  • Introduced in HouseNov 21, 2023

Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 27, 2026.