# 119-hr-1077: STEAM Act

119-hr-1077, STEAM Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV); status in_committee (as of 2026-07-25).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1077
- Congress: 119
- Title: STEAM Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-25

## Summary

**Directs federal environmental reviews to explicitly include geothermal resources.** The Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms (STEAM) Act would add the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 into Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, making NEPA analyses explicitly cover geothermal exploration and development. - Geothermal developers — Exploration and development projects would be subject to NEPA review under the Energy Policy Act framework. Federal environmental analyses would explicitly include geothermal activities alongside gas and oil. - Federal agencies — Agencies conducting NEPA reviews would need to reference the Geothermal Steam Act when evaluating geothermal projects. The bill clarifies that geothermal is an asserted authority for NEPA analysis in Section 390. - Communities and environmental review — The scope of NEPA reviews would expand to include geothermal, so environmental impacts tied to geothermal exploration and development would be examined through the same NEPA process used for other energy resources.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More review for geothermal projects: mixed, low. This bill would expand NEPA environmental reviews to cover geothermal exploration and development. Agencies would treat the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 as applicable law for those NEPA analyses. The bill would add "geothermal" alongside gas in the listed references in Section 390 of the Energy Pol…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1077 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1077)

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- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1077 (as of 2026-07-25).