House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Utilizing America's Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act
Sponsor: Rep. Kristi Noem R-SDWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 14, 2011
- Committee actionJul 13, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2011 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 200.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2172.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2172, Utilizing America's Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act” on August 2, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 13, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41632
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2172, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2172
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-300 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 1, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/300
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2172, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2172
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. NOEM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4186):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 103 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2172, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2172
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Paul Broun (R-GA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Jeffrey Landry (R-LA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kristi Noem.
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- H.R. 3874 (112th) Black Hills Cemetery Act
- H.R. 2335 (112th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2011
- H.R. 4330 (112th) To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify the maximum distance between Farm Service Agency county offices for…
- H.R. 5879 (112th) Protect our Prairies Act
- H.R. 5717 (112th) Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability Act of 2012
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.