1HOUSE · APR 23, 2026
Passed the House
231–186PASSED
R 208–0 D 22–186 I 1–0
On Passage · roll 137 · 12 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
HEATS Act
Official title: To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Young Kim R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
- Committee actionMar 5, 2026
- Passed HouseApr 23, 2026 · 231–186
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2026 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5587.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-613 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 15, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/613
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5587, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 Mrs. KIM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4502):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- Statement length
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5587, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
765341ed926a545a7b4581295fb212b6f2ec10ecebe41f8f0531ac642fbef528
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 5587. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Young Kim.
- H.R. 7037 (119th) Developing Overseas Mineral Investments and New Allied Networks for Critical Energies Act
- H.R. 2635 (119th) Uyghur Policy Act of 2025
- H.R. 3350 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 East 1st Street in Tustin, California, as the "Ursula Ellen…
- H.R. 1479 (119th) Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 4233 (119th) ARMOR Act
- H.R. 2201 (119th) Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act
Related bills
- S. 4975 (119th) HEATS ActIdentical bill
- H.Res. 1189 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690) to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building…Procedurally related
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.