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HR 2852 112th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Alaska Arizona California Colorado Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government trust funds Hawaii Idaho Land transfers Mining Montana New Mexico Oregon State and local finance Utah Washington State Wyoming

Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2011

Introduced: September 7, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 22, 2011
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 13, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sep 13, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Sep 7, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 7, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2011 - Makes grants of land to the following states in lieu of receiving, for the support of the common schools, 5% of the proceeds of the sales of federally owned land within such states which have not been sold by the United States as of January 1, 2011: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

Makes the amount of land granted to each state 5% of the number of acres of federally owned land within that state as of January 1, 2011. Requires land selected to be held in trust to be sold or leased and the proceeds to be used only for the support of public education.

What's happening now September 22, 2011

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1524 Identical bill Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Republican 3
Coffman, Mike
· Sep 20, 2011
Hunter, Duncan
· Sep 15, 2011
Campbell, John
· Sep 14, 2011
Franks, Trent
· Sep 14, 2011
HERGER, WALLY
· Sep 14, 2011
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Sep 14, 2011
Pearce, Stevan
· Sep 14, 2011
Price, Tom
· Sep 14, 2011
Poe, Ted
· Sep 8, 2011
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 7, 2011
Chaffetz, Jason
· Sep 7, 2011
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Sep 7, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2852: Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2852/
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"H.R. 2852: Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2852/.
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H.R. 2852, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2852/.
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