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H.R. 5576

Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act

Natural Resources Committee · Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-ID)

Official summary (Congressional Research Service, Reported to House): Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act

This bill exempts certain projects and activities related to geothermal development on federal land from environmental review requirements.

Specifically, the bill exempts certain geothermal exploration projects with limited impact on federal land from environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Geothermal exploration projects are those that involve the drilling of geothermal exploratory wells, such as temperature gradient wells, monitoring wells, or calibration wells, and that are limited in size, duration, and other aspects in accordance with specified criteria.

The bill also exempts from NEPA the following activities related to the exploration, development, or production of geothermal resources: (1) geotechnical investigations; (2) off-road travel in certain existing rights-of-way; and (3) the construction, maintenance, realignment, and repair of access roads within such rights-of-way.

Reported by committee 27 August 2026

Record as of 27 August 2026 — the most recent action in the official record. Status can lag; each step below carries its own date.

  1. 27 August 2026 Reported by committee

    What's next: Floor scheduling (leadership decides if and when it gets a vote)

  2. 27 August 2026 Placed on calendar (House)
  3. 5 March 2026 Discharged from committee (House)
  4. 3 more actions
    1. 5 March 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 16.
    2. 5 March 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
    3. 16 December 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held
  5. 9 December 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
  6. 26 September 2025 Referred to committee
  7. 26 September 2025 Introduced in House
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