United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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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 Public Lands, created in 1816. This committee was renamed the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys in 1921, and then, upon merger with the Committee on Indian Affairs, the Committee on Territorial and Insular Affairs, the Committee on Mines and Mining, and the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation in 1946, became 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.

Contents 1 Members, 111th Congress 2 Subcommittees 3 Chairmen 3.1 Committee on Public Lands, 1816-1921 3.2 Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, 1921-1947 3.3 Committee on Public Lands, 1947-1948 3.4 Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1948-1977 3.5 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977-present 4 References 5 External links 6 See also

[edit] Members, 111th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Democrat Jeff Bingaman, of New Mexico, and the Ranking Minority Member is Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

Majority	Minority
Jeff Bingaman, Chairman, New Mexico Byron Dorgan, North Dakota Ron Wyden, Oregon Tim Johnson, South Dakota Mary Landrieu, Louisiana Maria Cantwell, Washington Bob Menendez, New Jersey Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas Bernie Sanders, Vermont[1] Evan Bayh, Indiana Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Mark Udall, Colorado Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire	Lisa Murkowski, Ranking Member, Alaska Richard Burr, North Carolina John Barrasso, Wyoming Sam Brownback, Kansas Jim Risch, Idaho John McCain, Arizona Bob Bennett, Utah Jim Bunning, Kentucky Jeff Sessions, Alabama Bob Corker, Tennessee

[edit] Subcommittees

The Energy Committee operates with 4 subcommittees.

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Minority Member
Energy	Maria Cantwell (D-WA)	Jim Risch (R-ID)
National Parks	Mark Udall (D-CO)	Richard Burr (R-NC)
Public Lands and Forests	Ron Wyden (D-OR)	John Barrasso (R-WY)
Water and Power	Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)	Sam Brownback (R-KS)

[edit] Chairmen

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Committee on Public Lands, 1947-1948

• Hugh Butler (R-NE) 1947-1948

[edit] 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

[edit] Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977-present

• Scoop Jackson (D-WA) 1977-1981
• James McClure (R-ID) 1981-1987
• Bennett Johnson (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-present

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Committee Website

[edit] See also

• The United States House Committee on Public Lands, was a predecessor of the United States House Committee on Resources

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