Loading
Loading
Your feedback directly shapes Sporos.
Sign in to track your feedback history
Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act or the STEAM Act This bill expedites the environmental review of certain geothermal energy activities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Specifically, the bill expands the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include certain geothermal exploration or development activities in an existing categorical exclusion from NEPA for certain oil or gas activities. A categorical exclusion applies to a class of actions that do not require an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement under NEPA. The categorical exclusion established by the bill applies to 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.
Introduced
Feb 6, 2025
Last Action
Mar 5, 2026
Session
119th Congress
Sponsors
1 primary · 5 co
Passage Probability
35% — High
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
35%
Estimate based on legislative signals
See what factors are driving this score — cosponsor support, bipartisan backing, committee progress, and more.
Upgrade to ProOrdered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.