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H.R. 5631: Geothermal Energy Advancement Act · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 5631119th CongressEnergy

Geothermal Energy Advancement Act

Sponsored by Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO) · 5 active : 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats

Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 663.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedJun 2, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

8 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment and Optimal Reviews Act

This bill establishes a geothermal ombudsman and task force to oversee geothermal project permitting and authorizations on federal land.

The Department of the Interior must appoint a geothermal ombudsman from within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The ombudsman must act as a liaison among different parts of BLM, provide dispute resolution services between BLM and geothermal project applicants, and facilitate permit processing in different BLM field offices regarding geothermal projects on federal land.

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The ombudsman must also lead the Geothermal Permitting Task Force established by this bill. The task force must support the ombudsman’s duties. Through the task force, the ombudsman may reassign employees from other Interior bureaus or offices to assist in the completion of geothermal authorizations. The ombudsman may pay a retention allowance to reassigned employees.

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
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Public Lands, Forests, and Mining · SenateHearings by (subcommittee)

Subjects

Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Earth sciences
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Licensing and registrations

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the Senate breaks down

8Swing 70–100
75Middle 30–70
17Entrenched 0–30

Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.

Key players in the Senate

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

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Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine · Lean D+4On the ballot

Similar past votes, Senate

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the Senate: total similarity weight 12.0 (needs 5.0).

H.J.Res. 131 · Dec 4, 2025 · Roll call 632On the Joint ResolutionA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision".
Joint Resolution PassedShared subjects×1.0
S.J.Res. 91 · Dec 3, 2025 · Roll call 630On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision".
Motion to Proceed Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
S.J.Res. 80 · Oct 30, 2025 · Roll call 599On the Joint ResolutionA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision".
Joint Resolution PassedShared subjects×1.0
S.J.Res. 80 · Oct 29, 2025 · Roll call 595On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision".
Motion to Proceed Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 9340 · Sep 30, 2026 · Roll call 913On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 75 · May 1, 2025 · Roll call 228On the Joint ResolutionA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers".
Joint Resolution PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 75 · Apr 30, 2025 · Roll call 224On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers".
Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 42 · Apr 30, 2025 · Roll call 223On the Joint ResolutionA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment".
Joint Resolution PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.J.Res. 42 · Apr 29, 2025 · Roll call 222On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment".
Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 20 · Apr 10, 2025 · Roll call 207On the Joint ResolutionA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters".
Joint Resolution PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 20 · Apr 9, 2025 · Roll call 206On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters".

Cosponsors

5 active

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Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2)
Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3)
Susie Lee (D-NV-3)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14)
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3)

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.