House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 19, 2022 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5350.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FULCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 165, September 23, 2021, Page H5134):Article 1, Section 8; providing Congress to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution'' the power eneumerated in Article 1 and ``all other Powers vested by [the] Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer therof,''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 23, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 294 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5350, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5350
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Burgess (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Russ Fulcher.
- H.R. 6442 (117th) PACTS Act
- H.R. 872 (117th) One Subject at a Time Act
- H.R. 4705 (117th) Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act
- H.R. 2621 (117th) Forestry Education and Workforce Development Act of 2021
- H.R. 8258 (117th) FILM Act
- H.R. 9193 (117th) To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.