H.R. 5638

Summary

H.R. 5638, the Geothermal Royalty Reform Act, was introduced in the House on Sep 30, 2025 by Rep. Mike Kennedy (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It last saw action on May 20, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 575.

Record

Text

H.R. 5638 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 5638 IH: Geothermal Royalty Reform Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-30
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5638  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 30, 2025   Mr. Kennedy of Utah  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Natural Resources    A BILL
To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to require royalties on production from leased geothermal resources to be based on production from each electric generating facility, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Geothermal Royalty Reform Act  .
2.
Geothermal royalties
Section 5(a)(1) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 ( 30 U.S.C. 1004(a)(1) ) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (A)—
(A)
by inserting  with respect to each electric generating facility producing electricity from such resources,  before  not less than ; and
(B)
by inserting  by such facility  after  produced ; and
(2)
in subparagraph (B)—
(A)
by inserting  with respect to each electric generating facility producing electricity from such resources,  before  not less than ; and
(B)
by inserting  by such facility  after  produced .

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To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to require royalties on production from leased geothermal resources to be based on production from each electric generating facility, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Mike Kennedy (R) sponsors H.R. 5638, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Mike Kennedy

Rep. · R–UT-3 · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 30, 2025

Nicholas Begich

Rep. · R–AK-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 16, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 5638 went before 2 committees: Natural Resources and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee.

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Reported By · May 20, 2026 · 395 Bills

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee

Discharged from · Mar 5, 2026 · 15 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 5638, the latest H. Rept. 119-661.

• H. Rept. 119-661 — GEOTHERMAL ROYALTY REFORM ACT

Actions

H.R. 5638 has taken 9 actions since Sep 30, 2025, the latest on May 20, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 5638 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5638 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• Geothermal Royalty Reform Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Geothermal Royalty Reform Act — Display Title
• Geothermal Royalty Reform Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to require royalties on production from leased geothermal resources to be based on production from each electric generating facility, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 5 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5638 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Energy/Nuclear, Natural Resources, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5638 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5638’s is Energy.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 5638 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Alternative and renewable resources to Energy revenues and royalties.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5638, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 160 (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KENNEDY of Utah:H.R. 5638.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havePower . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.[Page H4510]

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