House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
GEO Act
Official title: To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to establish a deadline for processing applications related to geothermal leasing.
Sponsor: Rep. Celeste Maloy R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 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. 568.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 301.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-654 ↗. 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/654
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 301, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/301
- 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. MALOY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H93):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 301, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/301
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a784cb6e10824f9a38e448c58fa51eb576d89231daa08e5b20954f4b7925255e
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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Josh Harder (D-CA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Pete Stauber (R-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Celeste Maloy.
- H.J.Res. 60 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service…
- H.R. 3073 (119th) Shivwits Band of Paiutes Jurisdictional Clarity Act
- H.R. 4285 (119th) STARS Act
- H.R. 689 (119th) FREE Act
- H.R. 302 (119th) Water Rights Protection Act
- H.R. 5091 (119th) To amend section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for carrying out prescribed burns, and for other purposes.
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.