House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Geo POWER Act
Official title: To advance next-generation geothermal electricity generation demonstration projects in new regions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Begich R-AKWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 22, 2026
- Committee actionJul 21, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8437.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEGICH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 71, April 22, 2026, Page H3068):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8437, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 22, 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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8437, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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 — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Vince Fong (R-CA), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Young Kim (R-CA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nicholas Begich.
- H.R. 2815 (119th) Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
- H.R. 3620 (119th) Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
- H.R. 410 (119th) Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 106 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.J.Res. 131 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.R. 42 (119th) Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act
Related bills
- S. 4116 (119th) Geo POWER ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.