H.R. 1077 · 119th Congress · pending

STEAM Act

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 570.

Latest official action 2026-05-20 · Unknown

The bill, briefly

Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act or the STEAM Act This bill expedites the environmental review of certain geothermal energy activities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Specifically, the bill expands the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include certain geothermal exploration or development activities in an existing categorical exclusion from NEPA for certain oil or gas activities. A categorical exclusion applies to a class of actions that do not require an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement under NEPA. The categorical exclusion established by the bill applies to drilling a geothermal well (1) in an area where drilling has occurred previously within the five years prior to the date when drilling begins; or (2) within a developed field for which an approved land use plan or environmental document prepared under NEPA determined drilling to be a reasonably foreseeable activity, so long as the plan or document was approved within the five years prior to the date when drilling begins.

Official bill, text and votes Full source record and risk review

Congressional Research Service · 2025-02-06

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed

The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.

No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.

2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.

Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

Sponsor

Susie Lee

House · NV District 3 · Democratic

$1,240,454PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Celeste Maloy

House · UT District 2 · Republican

$675,569PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

House · PA District 1 · Republican

$2,223,728PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

House · WA District 3 · Democratic

$810,334PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Adam Gray

House · CA District 13 · Democratic

$1,241,873PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Thomas R. Suozzi

House · NY District 3 · Democratic

$1,592,294PAC receipts · 2025–2026

5 of 5 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.

ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS$50,000

Susie Lee · Sponsor · $10,000

Brian K. Fitzpatrick · Cosponsor · $10,000

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez · Cosponsor · $10,000

Adam Gray · Cosponsor · $10,000

Thomas R. Suozzi · Cosponsor · $10,000

The bill, briefly

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Politicians behind the bill

Susie Lee

Celeste Maloy

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Adam Gray

Thomas R. Suozzi

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

What happened after enactment?