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H.R. 5617119th CongressEnergy
Geothermal Gold Book Development Act
Sponsored by Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) · 1 active : 1 Democrat
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
Where it standsBefore the House46 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govGeothermal Gold Book Development Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to identify standard procedures and guidelines for efficient and environmentally responsible geothermal leasing and permitting on federal land and include the procedures and guidelines in its Surface Operating Standards and Guidelines for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development publication, commonly known as the Gold Book.
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Interior must (1) publish an updated version of the Gold Book within 270 days of identifying such procedures and guidelines, and (2) review the Gold Book every five years and publish an updated version if necessary to support efficient and environmentally responsible geothermal leasing and permitting.
Interior must also rename the Gold Book to reflect the incorporation of standard procedures and guidelines related to geothermal development.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Energy and Mineral Resources · HouseDischarged from · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
Subjects
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Land use and conservation
- Licensing and registrations
- Mining
- Public-private cooperation
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Jared Huffman (D-CA-2)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
