United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 740 (96th)
A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 for the purpose of enhancing the development of geothermal resources situated beneath Federal lands.
Introduced
15 January 1979
Last action
—
Status
Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
24 March 2026
Summary
Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase to 51,200 acres the acreage limitations for geothermal leases on Federal lands.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
1 official file
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 15 January 1979
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/740
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/96/hr/740