United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has jurisdiction over matters related to energy and nuclear waste policy, territorial policy, native Hawaiian matters, and public lands.
Its roots go back to the Committee on Interior and Insulars Affair. In 1977, it became the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Indian Affairs were removed from its jurisdiction into its own committee.
Jurisdiction
In accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects is referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:- Coal production, distribution, and utilization;
- Energy policy;
- Energy regulation and conservation;
- Energy related aspects of deepwater ports;
- Energy research and development;
- Extraction of minerals from oceans and Outer Continental Shelf lands;
- Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and reclamation;
- Mining education and research;
- Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and mineral conservation;
- National parks, recreation areas, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historical sites, military parks and battlefields, and on the public domain, preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest;
- Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska;
- Nonmilitary development of nuclear energy;
- Oil and gas production and distribution;
- Public lands and forests, including farming and grazing thereon, and mineral extraction therefrom;
- Solar energy systems; and,
- Territorial possessions of the United States, including trusteeships.
Members, 116th Congress
| Majority | Minority |
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Members, 115th Congress
| Majority | Minority |
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| Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
| Energy | Cory Gardner | Joe Manchin |
| National Parks | Steve Daines | Mazie Hirono |
| Public Lands, Forests and Mining | Mike Lee | Ron Wyden |
| Water and Power | Jeff Flake | Angus King |
Source
Subcommittees
The Energy Committee has four subcommittees:| Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
| Energy | Bill Cassidy | Martin Heinrich |
| National Parks | Steve Daines | Angus King |
| Public Lands, Forests and Mining | Mike Lee | Ron Wyden |
| Water and Power | Martha McSally | Catherine Cortez Masto |
Chairpersons
Committee on Public Lands, 1816–1921
- Jeremiah Morrow 1816–1819
- Thomas Williams 1819–1820
- Jesse Thomas 1820–1823
- David Barton 1823–1831
- William R. King 1831–1832
- Elias Kane 1832–1833
- George Poindexter 1833–1835
- Thomas Ewing 1835–1836
- Robert Walker 1836–1841
- Oliver Hampton Smith 1841–1843
- William Woodbridge 1843–1845
- Sidney Breese 1845–1849
- Alpheus Felch 1849–1853
- Solon Borland 1853
- Augustus Dodge 1853–1855
- Charles E. Stuart 1855–1859
- Robert W. Johnson 1859–1861
- James Harlan 1861–1865
- Samuel Pomeroy 1865–1873
- William Sprague 1873–1875
- Richard Oglesby 1875–1879
- Joseph E. McDonald 1879–1881
- Preston Plumb 1881–1891
- Joseph N. Dolph 1891–1893
- James H. Berry 1893–1895
- Fred T. Dubois 1895–1897
- Henry C. Hansbrough 1897–1908
- Knute Nelson 1908–1912
- Reed Smoot 1912–1913
- George E. Chamberlain 1913–1915
- Henry L. Myers 1915–1919
- Reed Smoot 1919–1921
Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, 1921–1947
- Reed Smoot 1921–1923
- Irvine L. Lenroot 1923–1924
- Edwin F. Ladd 1924
- Robert Nelson Stanfield 1924–1927
- Gerald P. Nye 1927–1933
- John B. Kendrick 1933
- Robert F. Wagner 1933–1937
- Alva B. Adams 1937–1941
- Carl A. Hatch 1941–1947
Committee on Public Lands, 1947–1948
- Hugh Butler 1947–1948
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1948–1977
- Hugh Butler 1948–1949
- Joseph C. O'Mahoney 1949–1953
- Hugh Butler 1953–1954
- Guy Cordon 1954–1955
- James E. Murray 1955–1961
- Clinton P. Anderson 1961–1963
- Scoop Jackson 1963–1977
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977–present
- Scoop Jackson 1977–1981
- James McClure 1981–1987
- Bennett Johnston 1987–1995
- Frank Murkowski 1995–2001
- Jeff Bingaman 2001
- Frank Murkowski 2001
- Jeff Bingaman 2001–2003
- Pete Domenici 2003–2007
- Jeff Bingaman 2007–2013
- Ron Wyden 2013–2014
- Mary Landrieu 2014–2015
- Lisa Murkowski 2015–present