Legislative Hearing on the following bills: • H.R. 301 (Rep. Maloy), “Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act” or the “GEO Act” • H.R. 398 (Rep. Ocasio-Cortez), “Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025” • H.R. 1077 (Rep. Lee), “Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act” or the “STEAM Act” • H.R. 1687 (Rep. Fulcher), “Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act” or the “CLEAN Act” • H.R. 5576 (Rep. Fulcher), “Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act” • H.R. 5587 (Rep. Kim), “Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act” or the “HEATS Act” • H.R. 5617 (Rep. Ansari), “Geothermal Gold Book Development Act” • H.R. 5631 (Rep. Hurd), “Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment and Optimal Reviews Act” • H.R. 5638 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Geothermal Royalty Reform Act”
Hearing•House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources•Dec 16, 2025 · 10:15 AM
Summary
House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing on Dec 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM in Longworth House Office Building, Room 1334. 10 witnesses appeared.
Record
The meeting has its video, witnesses, documents and bills on the record.
Video
The proceedings, as the committee streamed them.
Witnesses
10 witnesses appeared, with 13 papers on file.
Documents
The committee filed 16 documents for the meeting.
Bills
The meeting took up 9 bills.
- H.R. 398 — Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025
- H.R. 5638 — Geothermal Royalty Reform Act
- H.R. 5617 — Geothermal Gold Book Development Act
- H.R. 301 — GEO Act Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act
- H.R. 1077 — STEAM Act Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act
- H.R. 1687 — CLEAN Act Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act
- H.R. 5576 — Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act
- H.R. 5587 — Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act of 2026 HEATS Act
- H.R. 5631 — Geothermal Energy Advancement Act