House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
STEAM Act
Official title: To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.
Sponsor: Rep. Susie Lee D-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Committee actionMar 5, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 570.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1077.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-656 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 20, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/656
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1077, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1077
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 Ms. LEE of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Page H557):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 197 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1077, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1077
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
08c4ffcf39e5d57a73bbc8975435945d6fa141936598df81f2fe87c04dac9bce
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 (as of July 23, 2026). 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 — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adam Gray (D-CA), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Marie Perez (D-WA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee.
- H.R. 869 (119th) Keep Our PACT Act
- H.R. 1573 (119th) Military and Educational Data Integration Act
- H.R. 3981 (119th) To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals.
- H.R. 2205 (119th) NEDD Act
- H.R. 3158 (119th) Help Hoover Dam Act
- H.R. 6454 (119th) VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 456 (119th) STEAM ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.