STEAM Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4865 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4865 To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 30, 2024 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act'' or the ``STEAM Act''. SEC. 2. NEPA REVIEW. Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or the Geothermal Ste…