United States House Committee on Natural Resources

Logo of the United States House Committee on Natural Resources.

The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, or Natural Resources Committee (often referred to as simply "Resources") is a Congressional committee of the United States House of Representatives. Originally called the "Committee on Interior & Insular Affairs," the name was changed to the Natural Resources Committee in 1993. The name was shortened to the Resources Committee in 1995 by the new Chairman, Don Young (at the same time, the committee took over the duties of the now-defunct Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee). Following the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives in 2006, the name of the committee was changed back to its title used between 1993 and 1995.^[1]

Jurisdiction 1
Members, 113th Congress 2
Subcommittees 3
Chairpersons 4
References 5
See also 6
External links 7

Jurisdiction

Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges, and conservation.
Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien ownership of mineral lands.
United States Geological Survey.
International fishing agreements.
Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for irrigation purposes.
Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for reclamation projects and easements of public lands for irrigation projects; and acquisition of private lands when necessary to complete irrigation projects.
Native Americans generally, including the care and allotment of Native American lands and general and special measures relating to claims that are paid out of Native American funds.
Insular possessions of the United States generally (except those affecting the revenue and appropriations).
Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within the District of Columbia, and the erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.
Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
Mineral resources of public lands, including the Outer Continental Shelf.
Mining interests generally.
Mining schools and experimental stations.
Marine affairs, including coastal zone management (except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters).
Oceanography.
Petroleum conservation on public lands and conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain.
Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazing thereon.
Relations of the United States with Native Americans and Native American tribes.
Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).

Source: Rules of the House of Representatives One Hundred Ninth Congress

Members, 113th Congress

Majority^[2]	Minority^[3]
Doc Hastings, Washington, Chairman Don Young, Alaska Louie Gohmert, Texas Rob Bishop, Utah Doug Lamborn, Colorado Rob Wittman, Virginia Paul Broun, Georgia John Fleming, Louisiana Tom McClintock, California Glenn "G.T." Thompson, Pennsylvania Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming^[4] Dan Benishek, Michigan Jeff Duncan, South Carolina Scott Tipton, Colorado Paul Gosar, Arizona Raúl Labrador, Idaho Steve Southerland, Florida Bill Flores, Texas Jon Runyan, New Jersey Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma Steve Daines, Montana Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Doug LaMalfa, California Jason T. Smith, Missouri Vance McAllister, Louisiana Bradley Byrne, Alabama	Peter DeFazio, Oregon, Ranking Member Eni Faleomavaega, American Samoa Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey Grace Napolitano, California Rush Holt, New Jersey Raúl Grijalva, Arizona Madeleine Bordallo, Guam Jim Costa, California Gregorio Sablan, Northern Mariana Islands Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico Colleen Hanabusa, Hawaii Tony Cardenas, California Jared Huffman, California Raul Ruiz, California Carol Shea Porter, New Hampshire Alan Lowenthal, California Joe Garcia, Florida Matt Cartwright, Pennsylvania Katherine Clark, Massachusetts

Subcommittees

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R) at an oversight hearing of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power.

In the 111th Congress, the number of subcommittees was reduced from 5 to 4. The Subcommittees on Insular Affairs and Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans were merged into the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. In the 112th Congress, the number was again increased to 5, adding the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.

During the committee's official reorganization for the [5]

Subcommittee	Chair^[6]	Ranking Member^[7]
Energy and Mineral Resources	Doug Lamborn (R-CO)	Rush D. Holt (D-NJ)
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs	John Fleming (R-LA)	Gregorio Sablan (D-NMI)
Indian and Alaska Native Affairs	Don Young (R-AK)	Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI)
Public Lands and Environmental Regulation	Rob Bishop (R-UT)	Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Water and Power	Tom McClintock (R-CA)	Grace Napolitano (D-CA)

Chairpersons

Chairman	Party	State	Years
J. W. Robinson	Democratic	Utah	1939–1943
J. Hardin Peterson	Democratic	Florida	1943–1947
Richard J. Welch	Republican	California	1947–1949
J. Hardin Peterson	Democratic	Florida	1949–1951
John R. Murdock	Democratic	Arizona	1951–1953
Arthur L. Miller	Republican	Nebraska	1953–1955
Clair Engle	Democratic	California	1955–1959
Wayne N. Aspinall	Democratic	Colorado	1959–1973
James A. Haley	Democratic	Florida	1973–1977
Mo Udall	Democratic	Arizona	1977–1991
George Miller	Democratic	California	1991–1995
Don Young	Republican	Alaska	1995–2001
James V. Hansen	Republican	Utah	2001–2003
Richard Pombo	Republican	California	2003–2007
Nick Rahall	Democratic	West Virginia	2007–2011
Doc Hastings	Republican	Washington	2011–present

References

^ "Incoming chairman pledges new agenda for House environment panel". Associated Press/Lodi News Record. December 8, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
^ H.Res. 6, H.Res. 17
^ H.Res. 7, H.Res. 22
^ Previously served from 2009 to 2011 [1]
^ "Rules for the Committee on Natural Resources". Committee on Natural Resources Committee (PDF). January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
^ "Chairman Hastings Announces Republican Subcommittee Assignments". Committee on Natural Resources. January 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
^ "Natural Resources Democrats Announce Subcommittee Members". Committee on Natural Resources. January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.

External links

Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives
Historical information of the Committee on Resources and its predecessor committees 1807-2002 54MB

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