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 Insular Affairs. In 1977, it became the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Indian Affairs were removed from its jurisdiction into its own committee.

Members, 113th Congress 1
Subcommittees 2
Chairmen 3
- Committee on Public Lands, 1816–1921 3.1
- Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, 1921–1947 3.2
- Committee on Public Lands, 1947–1948 3.3
- Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1948–1977 3.4
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977–present 3.5
References 4
External links 5
See also 6

Members, 113th Congress

Majority	Minority
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana, Chair Ron Wyden, Oregon Tim Johnson, South Dakota Maria Cantwell, Washington Bernie Sanders, Vermont^[1] Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Mark Udall, Colorado Al Franken, Minnesota Joe Manchin, West Virginia Brian Schatz, Hawaii Martin Heinrich, New Mexico Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin	Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, Ranking Member John Barrasso, Wyoming Jim Risch, Idaho Mike Lee, Utah Dean Heller, Nevada Jeff Flake, Arizona Tim Scott, South Carolina Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Rob Portman, Ohio John Hoeven, North Dakota

Source:

The Energy Committee has four subcommittees:

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Energy	Al Franken (D-MN)	Jim Risch (R-ID)
National Parks	Mark Udall (D-CO)	Rob Portman (R-OH)
Public Lands, Forests and Mining	Joe Manchin (D-WV)	John Barrasso (R-WY)
Water and Power	Brian Schatz (D-HI)	Mike Lee (R-UT)

Chairmen

Committee on Public Lands, 1816–1921

Jeremiah Morrow (R-OH) 1816–1819
Thomas Williams (R-MS) 1819–1820
Jesse Thomas (R-IL) 1820–1823
David Barton (NR-MO) 1823–1831
William R. King (D-AL) 1831–1832
Elias Kane (D-IL) 1832–1833
George Poindexter (W-MS) 1833–1835
Thomas Ewing (W-OH) 1835–1836
Robert Walker (D-MS) 1836–1841
Oliver Hampton Smith (W-IN) 1841–1843
William Woodbridge (W-MI) 1843–1845
Sidney Breese (D-IL) 1845–1849
Alpheus Felch (D-MI) 1849–1853
Solon Borland (D-AR) 1853
Augustus Dodge (D-IA) 1853–1855
Charles E. Stuart (D-MI) 1855–1859
Robert W. Johnson (D-AR) 1859–1861
James Harlan (R-IA) 1861–1865
Samuel Pomeroy (R-KS) 1865–1873
William Sprague (R-RI) 1873–1875
Richard Oglesby (R-IL) 1875–1879
Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN) 1879–1881
Preston Plumb (R-KS) 1881–1891
Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR) 1891–1893
James H. Berry (D-AR) 1893–1895
Fred T. Dubois (R-ID) 1895–1897
Henry C. Hansbrough (R-ND) 1897–1908
Knute Nelson (R-MN) 1908–1912
Reed Smoot (R-UT) 1912–1913
George E. Chamberlain (D-OR) 1913–1915
Henry L. Myers (D-MT) 1915–1919
Reed Smoot (R-UT) 1919–1921

Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, 1921–1947

Reed Smoot (R-UT) 1921–1923
Irvine L. Lenroot (R-WI) 1923–1924
Edwin F. Ladd (R-ND) 1924
Robert Nelson Stanfield (R-OR) 1924–1927
Gerald P. Nye (R-ND) 1927–1933
John B. Kendrick (D-WY) 1933
Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) 1933–1937
Alva B. Adams (D-CO) 1937–1941
Carl A. Hatch (D-NM) 1941–1947

Committee on Public Lands, 1947–1948

Hugh Butler (R-NE) 1947–1948

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1948–1977

Hugh Butler (R-NE) 1948–1949
Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) 1949–1953
Hugh Butler (R-NE) 1953–1954
Guy Cordon (R-OR) 1954–1955
James E. Murray (D-MT) 1955–1961
Clinton P. Anderson (D-NM) 1961–1963
Scoop Jackson (D-WA) 1963–1977

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977–present

Scoop Jackson (D-WA) 1977–1981
James McClure (R-ID) 1981–1987
Bennett Johnston (D-LA) 1987–1995
Frank Murkowski (R-AK) 1995–2001
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 2001
Frank Murkowski (R-AK) 2001
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 2001–2003
Pete Domenici (R-NM) 2003–2007
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 2007–2013
Ron Wyden (D-OR) 2013–2014
Mary Landrieu (D-LA) 2014–present

References

^ Bernie Sanders is an independent, but caucuses with Democrats.

External links

Official Committee Website
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member profiles collected news and commentary at The Washington Post

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Defunct committees

Categories

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