Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Geothermal Exploration and Technology Act of 2011
Sponsor: Sen. Jon Tester D-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 2011
- Committee actionDec 15, 2011
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2012 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 314.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1142.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1142, Geothermal Exploration and Technology Act of 2011” on February 7, 2012. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on December 15, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 7, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42955
- CBO publication date
- February 7, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1142, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1142
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-145 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on February 7, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 7, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/SRPT/145
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1142, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1142
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1142, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Mark Begich (D-AK), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Harry Reid (D-NV).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.