House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2017
- Committee actionDec 12, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4568.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4568, Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act” on December 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 13, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53416
- CBO publication date
- December 19, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4568, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4568
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-502 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 9, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 9, 2018 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/502
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4568, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4568
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LABRADOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 199, December 6, 2017, Page H9709):Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 202 characters
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- H.R. 4568, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4568
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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