Hot Rock Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7568 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7568 To establish programs and requirements related to the production of geothermal energy in the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2026 Mr. Auchincloss (for himself and Mr. Amodei of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish programs and requirements related to the production of geothermal energy in the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Hot Rock Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Geothermal energy.--The term ``geothermal energy'' has the meaning given such term in section 45(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) Geothermal reservoir.--The term ``geothermal reservoir'' means an underground reservoir containing a geothermal resource or deposit, whether the fluids in the reservoir are native to the reservoir or flow into or are injected into the reservoir. (3) Hot dry rock.--The term ``hot dry rock'' means a superhot geothermal resource or supercritical geothermal resources that exists within rocks that have little to no natural permeability. (4) Hot dry rock geothermal project.--The term ``hot dry rock geothermal project'' means the combined surface and subsurface facilities used to produce electrici