Supercritical Geothermal Research and Development Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8665.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8665, Supercritical Geothermal Research and Development Act” on August 27, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 13, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2024 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60673

  CBO publication date

  August 27, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8665, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8665

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-880 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 16, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/880

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8665, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8665

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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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. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 97, June 7, 2024, Page H3681):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power. . .To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To direct research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities in support of supercritical geothermal and closed-loop geothermal systems in various conditions.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8665, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8665

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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