Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment and Optimal Reviews Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5631 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5631 To appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 30, 2025 Mr. Hurd of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes. 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 ``Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment and Optimal Reviews Act''. SEC. 2. GEOTHERMAL OMBUDSMAN AND PERMITTING TASK FORCE. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Geothermal authorization.--The term ``geothermal authorization'' means any license, pe…