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] [S. 4383 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4383 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 23 (legislative day, April 22), 2026 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 aut…