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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.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJun 2, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govGeothermal 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.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
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
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.
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
5 activeShow all 5 cosponsors
- 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.
