HR 5859 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

Education and Energy Act of 2018

Latest action · Dec 28, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 871.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 17, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Education and Energy Act of 2018

This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to require excess revenue from new mineral and geothermal leases to be provided to the states in which the revenue is generated to supplement the education of students in kindergarten through grade 12 and to supplement public support of institutions of higher education. The bill applies to revenue from new leases that are in excess of the Congressional Budget Office's estimated revenue for the leases in the prior fiscal year.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 21, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZPaul A. GosarJun 21, 2018
R-NMStevan PearceJun 21, 2018

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred May 17, 2018Markup Jun 27, 2018Reported Dec 6, 2018
Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
Referred Jun 4, 2018Hearings Jun 21, 2018Discharged Jun 27, 2018
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred May 17, 2018Discharged Dec 28, 2018

Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 28, 2018Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
  2. Dec 28, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 871.
  3. Dec 6, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1067, Part I.
  4. Dec 6, 2018House Committee on Education and the Workforce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 28, 2018.
  5. Jun 27, 2018Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
  6. Jun 27, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  7. Jun 27, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 11.
  8. Jun 21, 2018Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  9. Jun 4, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
  10. May 17, 2018Introduced in House
  11. May 17, 2018Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Nov 1, 2018H.R. 5859, Education and Energy Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 27, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 81, May 17, 2018, page H4209.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require that a portion of revenues from new Federal mineral and geothermal leases be paid to States for use to supplement the education of students in kindergarten through grade 12 and public support of institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Education and Energy Act of 2018
Short Titles as Reported to House
Education and Energy Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 28, 2018Reported in House
  2. May 17, 2018Introduced in House

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