H.R. 3235: Education and Energy Act of 2011
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H.R. 3235: Education and Energy Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-10-14 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-10-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Education and Energy Act of 2011
Plain summary
Education and Energy Act of 2011 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to require a portion of the revenue deposited into the general fund of the Treasury from new mineral and geothermal leases to be provided to the states for elementary, secondary, and higher education. Restricts the revenue from which that portion is to be derived to the revenue from new leases that is in excess of the Secretary of the Treasury's previous estimate of the revenue that those leases would yield in a fiscal year.
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Official text
Education and Energy Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] · 3 cosponsors
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
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- Fiscal year
- The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3235.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr3235 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112