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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
http://energy.senate.gov/

House of Representatives

Committee on Energy and Commerce
http://energycommerce.house.gov/
This committee presides over national energy policy, healthcare, commerce, consumer protections, interstate and foreign communications and travel and tourism.

Chairman

Jeff Bingaman, NM

Chairman

Henry A. Waxman, CA

Other Members

Democrats
Byron L. Dorgan, ND
Ron Wyden , OR
Tim Johnson, SD
Mary L. Landrieu, LA
Maria Cantwell, WA
Robert Menendez, NJ
Blanche Lincoln, AR
Bernard Sanders, VT
Evan Bayh, IN
Debbie Stabenow, MI
Mark Udall, CO
Jeanne Shaheen, NH

Republicans
Pete V. Domenici , NM , Ranking-verify Domenici
Lisa Murkowski, AK
Richard Burr, NC
John Barrasso, WY
Sam Brownback, KS
James E. Risch, ID
John McCain, AZ
Robert Bennett, UT
Jim Bunning, KY
Jeff Sessions, AL
Bob Corker, TN

Jeff Bingaman and Lisa Murkowski ex officio members of all subcommittees

Subcommittee on Energy

Democrats
Maria Cantwell, Chairman
Byron L. Dorgan
Ron Wyden
Mary L. Landrieu
Robert Menendez
Bernard Sanders
Evan Bayh
Debbie Stabenow
Mark Udall
Jeanne Shaheen

Republicans
James E. Risch
Richard Burr
John Barrasso
Sam Brownback
Robert Bennett
Jim Bunning
Jeff Sessions
Bob Corker

 

Subcommittee National Parks

Democrats
Mark Udall, Chairman
Byron L. Dorgan
Mary L. Landrieu
Robert Menendez
Blanche Lincoln
Bernard Sanders
Evan Bayh
Debbie Stabenow

Republicans
Richard Burr
John Barrasso
Sam Brownback
John McCain
Jim Bunning
Bob Corker

 

Subcommittee Public Lands and Forests

Democrats
Ron Wyden, Chairman
Tim Johnson
Mary L. Landrieu
Maria Cantwell
Robert Menendez
Blanche Lincoln
Mark Udall
Jeanne Shaheen

Republicans
John Barrasso
James E. Risch
John McCain
Robert Bennett
Jeff Sessions
Bob Corker

Subcommittee Water and Power

Democrats
Debbie Stabenow, Chairman
Byron L. Dorgan
Tim Johnson
Maria Cantwell
Blanche Lincoln
Bernard Sanders
Evan Bayh
Jeanne Shaheen

Republicans
Sam Brownback
James E. Risch
John McCain
Robert Bennett
Jim Bunning
Jeff Sessions

Other Members

Democrats
John Dingell, MI, Chair Emeritus
Edward Markey, MA
Rick Boucher , VA
Frank Pallone, Jr., NJ
Bart Gordon, TN
Bobby Rush, IL
Anna Eshoo, CA
Bart Stupak, MI
Eliot Engel, NY
Gene Green, TX
Diana DeGette, CO
Lois Capps, CA
Michael Doyle, PA
Jane Harman, CA
Janice Schakowsky, IL
Charles Gonzalez, TX
Jay Inslee, WA
Tammy Baldwin, WI
Mike Ross , AR
Anthony Weiner, NY
Jim Matheson, UT
G.K. Butterfield , NC
Chalie Melancon , LA
John Barrow, GA
Baron Hill , IN
Doris Matsui, CA
Donna Christensen, VI?
Kathy Castor, FL
John Sarbanes, MD
Christopher Murphy, CT
Zachary Space, OH
Jerry McNerney, CA
Betty Sutton, OH
Bruce Braley, IA
Peter Welch, VT

Republicans

Full Committee Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction of the Full Committee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: National Energy Policy, including international energy affairs and emergency preparedness; nuclear waste policy; privatization of federal assets; territorial policy (including changes in status and issues affecting Antartica); Native Hawaiian matters; and Ad Hoc issues. [In addition, other issues are retained in the Full Committee on an ad hoc basis. Generally, these are issues which (1) require extremely expeditious handling or (2) substantially overlap two or more subcommittee jurisdictions, or (3) are of exceptional national significance in which all Members wish to participate fully.]

Subcommittee on Energy
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: nuclear, coal and synthetic fuels research and development; nuclear and non-nuclear energy commercialization projects; nuclear fuel cycle policy; DOE National Laboratories; global climate change; new technologies research and development; nuclear facilities siting and insurance program; commercialization of new technologies including, solar energy systems; Federal energy conservation programs; energy information; liquefied natural gas projects; oil and natural gas regulation; refinery policy; coal conversion; utility policy; strategic petroleum reserves; regulation of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and other oil and gas pipeline transportation systems within Alaska Artic research and energy development; and oil, gas and coal production and distribution.

Subcommittee on National Parks
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: National Park System; Wild and Scenic Rivers System; National Trails System; national recreation areas; national monuments; historic sites; military parks and battlefields; Land and Water Conservation Fund; historic preservation; outdoor recreation resources; and preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain.

Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service including farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas; establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and wilderness designation therein; military land withdrawals; reserved water rights; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; territorial affairs; national mining and minerals policy and general mining laws; surface mining, reclamation and enforcement; mining education and research; Federal mineral leasing; Outer Continental Shelf leasing; Naval oil shale reserves; National Petroleum reserve -- Alaska; and deep seabed mining.

Subcommittee on Water and Power
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: irrigation; reclamation projects, including related flood control purposes; power marketing administrations (e.g., Bonneville Power, Southwestern Power, Western Area Power, Southeastern Power); energy development impacts on water resources; groundwater resources and management; hydroelectric power; low head hydro; and energy related aspects of deepwater ports.

Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection

(Envir) Energy and Air Quality

(Envir) Environment and Hazardous Materials

(H) Health

Oversight and Investigations

Telecommunications and the Internet