Hot Rock Act
The Hot Rock Act directs the Department of Energy to fund research, testing, and demonstration of hot dry rock geothermal energy, which uses engineered reservoirs in superhot or supercritical rock. It…
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Federal legislation · 119th Congress
The Hot Rock Act directs the Department of Energy to fund research, testing, and demonstration of hot dry rock geothermal energy, which uses engineered reservoirs in superhot or supercritical rock. It…
The bill withdraws approximately 4,288 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in the Placitas, New Mexico area (Tracts A through D, as shown on a 2019 map) from new mining claims, mineral leasing, mi…
This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce from enforcing certain permit requirements for activities related to undersea fiber optic cables in national marine sanctuaries. Specifically, Commerce…
The bill would require the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to prioritize updating their travel and motor vehicle use plans, notwithstanding other law. It directs the Secretaries to accoun…
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to end the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate, a tax on petroleum and chemical feedstocks, with the termination applying to periods after December 3…
The bill, titled the PUBLIC Lands Act, would establish the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area covering approximately 871,414 acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land in Ca…
This bill allows mining operators to use federal lands for activities ancillary to mining, such as waste disposal, regardless of whether those lands contain mineral deposits valuable enough to be mine…
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, after receiving a request from La Paz County, Arizona, to convey approximately 3,400 acres of identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management…
The PART Act establishes federal requirements to prevent catalytic converter theft through vehicle identification marking and record-keeping. The bill requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Admi…
The Strategic Subsea Cables Act of 2026 establishes a coordinated federal approach to protecting international subsea fiber-optic cables, which carry most global internet traffic. The bill creates an…
The Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act establishes a U.S. government initiative to protect undersea communication cables near Taiwan from sabotage and disruption, particularly…
The Airborne Act of 2026 creates a federal tax credit for indoor air quality improvements at commercial, public, and nonprofit properties. The credit covers three categories: indoor air quality assess…
The bill amends Title 49 of the U.S. Code to add a new section 30130 governing motor vehicle safety standards for vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS). It defines key terms by refere…
This bill would allow the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land or interests in land within a designated area outside the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, from willing sellers…
The bill eliminates the federal Carbon Reduction Program (23 U.S.C. 175) and the PROTECT Program (23 U.S.C. 176) and creates a new national bridge program in their place. Funds under the new program w…
The bill amends Section 35001(b)(1) of MAP-21 to change the deadline by which commercial air tour aircraft operating in Grand Canyon National Park must convert to quiet aircraft technology. Under the…
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain taxpayers affected by federally declared disasters occurring after December 31, 2023, to transfer a portion of their general business credit…
This bill directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study on using highway and rail rights-of-way to construct high-voltage electrical transmission infrastructure. The study will eval…
This bill establishes requirements related to digitizing environmental reviews conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) must de…
The PASTEUR Act of 2026 amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a federal contract program that provides annual payments to pharmaceutical companies developing new antimicrobial drugs target…
The bill amends section 543(f) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to define "mechanical insulation property" as insulation materials, facings, and accessory products installed with mechani…
This bill provides appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for the remainder of FY2026 and provides continuing FY2026 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) th…
This bill amends federal highway safety law to include reducing traffic injuries and deaths in school zones as an eligible use of state highway safety program funding. It directs the Secretary of Tran…
This bill establishes federal standards for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Clean Water Act. The EPA must publish water quality criteria for measurable PFAS within 3 yea…
This bill directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon a licensee's request and for good cause shown, to extend the deadline for commencing construction of hydropower projects licensed befor…