H.R. 5587 · 119th Congress · Energy
HEATS Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Apr 23, 2026
Roll call ↗231
186
Passed the House.
Passed the House on April 23, 2026.
Latest action: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
- CommitteeApr 15, 2026
- Passed HouseApr 23, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 2
- 1 Democrat, 1 Republican
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesHouse Committee on Natural Resources
- Lobbying
- At least 10
- organizations named it2025 Q3 to 2026 Q3
What it does
The bill amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 so the Interior Secretary may not require a federal drilling permit for geothermal exploration and production on non-federal surface land when the United States holds less than 50 percent of the subsurface geothermal estate being accessed and the operator submits a state permit.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, April 23, 2026
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
The bill amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 so the Interior Secretary may not require a federal drilling permit for geothermal exploration and production on non-federal surface land when the United States holds less than 50 percent of the subsurface geothermal estate being accessed and the operator submits a state permit. Such activity is deemed not a major federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act, requires no additional federal action, is exempt from Endangered Species Act section 7 consultation, and may begin 30 days after the state permit is submitted. It is treated as an undertaking under the National Historic Preservation Act only where the state has no historic-preservation law of its own. Royalties owed to the United States are unchanged, and the Secretary may still inspect for accountability. The exemptions do not apply to Indian lands or resources held in trust for Indian Tribes.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 10 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 28 quarterly reports filed by 2 lobbying firms and by 9 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: Defenders of Wildlife; Fervo Energy Company; Corporate Energy Buyers Association (Fka Clean Energy Buyers Association); Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, Inc.; Network. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 5 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.