[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5638 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5638

   To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to require royalties on 
 production from leased geothermal resources to be based on production 
    from each electric generating facility, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2025

 Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to require royalties on 
 production from leased geothermal resources to be based on production 
    from each electric generating facility, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Geothermal Royalty Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. GEOTHERMAL ROYALTIES.

    Section 5(a)(1) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 
1004(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by inserting ``with respect to each electric 
                generating facility producing electricity from such 
                resources,'' before ``not less than''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``by such facility'' after 
                ``produced''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by inserting ``with respect to each electric 
                generating facility producing electricity from such 
                resources,'' before ``not less than''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``by such facility'' after 
                ``produced''.
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