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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 and Insular Affairs (1951), the name was changed to the Committee on Natural Resources in 1991. The name was shortened to the Committee on Resources 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 1991 and 1995.[1]
Standing committee | |
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Active United States House of Representatives 118th Congress | |
History | |
Formed | 1991 |
Succeeded | Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs |
Formerly known as | Committee on Resources |
Leadership | |
Chair | Bruce Westerman (R) Since January 3, 2023 |
Ranking member | Raúl Grijalva (D) Since January 4, 2023 |
Structure | |
Seats | 45 |
Political parties | Majority (25)
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Jurisdiction | |
Policy areas | Energy development, mining, mineral rights, wildlife, fisheries, public lands, oceans, Native Americans |
Oversight authority | Department of Energy |
Senate counterpart | Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
Subcommittees | |
Meeting place | |
1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 | |
Website | |
naturalresources.house.gov democrats-naturalresources.house.gov | |
Rules | |
Majority | Minority |
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Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 14 (Chair), H.Res. 15 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 79 (D), H.Res. 80 (R), H.Res. 164 (D)
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 113th Congress, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands was renamed the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation[4]
When former Chairman Doc Hastings of Washington retired from Congress, Rob Bishop of Utah took over as the committee's new chairman at the beginning of the 114th Congress. Congressman Bishop began the process of hiring new staff and reorganized the committee's structure as his predecessors had done.[5][6] The chairman eliminated the Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs subcommittee and split its duties between the renamed Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs and Water, Power and Oceans subcommittees. The chairman also created a new Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, keeping the total number of subcommittees at five[7]
The chairman also transferred jurisdiction over the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act from the former Public Lands and Environmental Regulation and established a renamed the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.[7]
Subcommittee | Chair[8] | Ranking Member[lower-alpha 1] |
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Energy and Mineral Resources | Pete Stauber (R-MN) | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) |
Federal Lands | Tom Tiffany (R-WI) | Joe Neguse (D-CO) |
Indian and Insular Affairs | Harriet Hageman (R-WY) | Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) |
Oversight and Investigations | Paul Gosar (R-AZ) | Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) |
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries | Cliff Bentz (R-OR) | Jared Huffman (D-CA) |
Chair | Party | State | Start of service | End of service |
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Committee on Public Lands | ||||
Andrew Gregg | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | 1805 | 1806 |
John Boyle | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | 1806 | 1807 |
Andrew Gregg | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | 1807 | |
John Boyle | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | 1807 | 1808 |
Jeremiah Morrow | Democratic-Republican | Ohio | 1808 | 1813 |
Samuel McKee | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | 1813 | 1815 |
Thomas B. Robertson | Democratic-Republican | Louisiana | 1815 | 1818 |
George Poindexter | Democratic-Republican | Mississippi | 1818 | 1819 |
Richard C. Anderson | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | 1819 | 1821 |
Christopher Rankin | Jacksonian | Mississippi | 1821 | 1826 |
John Scott | Anti-Jacksonian | Missouri | 1826 | 1827 |
Jacob C. Isacks | Jacksonian | Tennessee | 1827 | 1830 |
Charles A. Wickliffe | Jacksonian | Kentucky | 1830 | 1833 |
Clement C. Clay | Democratic | Alabama | 1833 | 1835 |
Ratliff Boon | Democratic | Indiana | 1835 | 1838 |
Zadok Casey | Democratic | Illinois | 1838 | 1839 |
Thomas Corwin | Whig | Ohio | 1839 | 1840 |
Samson Mason | Whig | Ohio | 1840 | |
Jeremiah Morrow | Whig | Ohio | 1840 | 1841 |
William C. Johnson | Whig | Maryland | 1841 | |
Jeremiah Morrow | Whig | Ohio | 1841 | 1842 |
Reuben Chapman | Democratic | Alabama | 1842 | |
Jeremiah Morrow | Whig | Ohio | 1842 | 1843 |
John W. Davis | Democratic | Indiana | 1843 | 1845 |
John A. McClernand | Democratic | Illinois | 1845 | 1847 |
Jacob Collamer | Whig | Vermont | 1847 | 1849 |
James B. Bowlin | Democratic | Missouri | 1849 | 1851 |
Willard P. Hall | Democratic | Missouri | 1851 | 1853 |
David T. Disney | Democratic | Ohio | 1853 | 1855 |
Henry Bennett | Opposition | New York | 1855 | 1857 |
Williamson R. W. Cobb | Democratic | Alabama | 1857 | 1859 |
Eli Thayer | Republican | Massachusetts | 1859 | 1861 |
John F. Potter | Republican | Wisconsin | 1861 | 1863 |
George W. Julian | Republican | Indiana | 1863 | 1871 |
John H. Ketcham | Republican | New York | 1871 | 1873 |
Washington Townsend | Republican | Pennsylvania | 1873 | 1875 |
Milton Sayler | Democratic | Ohio | 1875 | 1877 |
William R. Morrison | Democratic | Illinois | 1877 | 1879 |
George L. Converse | Democratic | Ohio | 1879 | 1881 |
Thaddeus C. Pound | Republican | Wisconsin | 1881 | 1883 |
Thomas R. Cobb | Democratic | Indiana | 1883 | 1887 |
William S. Holman | Democratic | Indiana | 1887 | 1889 |
Lewis E. Payson | Republican | Illinois | 1889 | 1891 |
Thomas C. McRae | Democratic | Arkansas | 1891 | 1895 |
John F. Lacey | Republican | Iowa | 1895 | 1907 |
Franklin W. Mondell | Republican | Wyoming | 1907 | 1911 |
Joseph T. Robinson | Democratic | Arkansas | 1911 | 1912 |
Scott Ferris | Democratic | Oklahoma | 1912 | 1919 |
Nicholas J. Sinnott | Republican | Oregon | 1919 | 1928 |
Don B. Colton | Republican | Utah | 1928 | 1931 |
John M. Evans | Democratic | Montana | 1931 | 1933 |
René L. De Rouen | Democratic | Louisiana | 1933 | 1940 |
James W. Robinson | Democratic | Utah | 1940 | 1943 |
J. Hardin Peterson | Democratic | Florida | 1943 | 1947 |
Richard J. Welch | Republican | California | 1947 | 1949 |
Andrew L. Somers | Democratic | New York | 1949 | |
J. Hardin Peterson | Democratic | Florida | 1949 | 1951 |
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs | ||||
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 |
Committee on Natural Resources | ||||
George Miller | Democratic | California | 1991 | 1995 |
Committee on Resources | ||||
Don Young | Republican | Alaska | 1995 | 2001 |
James Hansen | Republican | Utah | 2001 | 2003 |
Richard Pombo | Republican | California | 2003 | 2007 |
Committee on Natural Resources | ||||
Nick Rahall | Democratic | West Virginia | 2007 | 2011 |
Doc Hastings | Republican | Washington | 2011 | 2015 |
Rob Bishop | Republican | Utah | 2015 | 2019 |
Raúl Grijalva | Democratic | Arizona | 2019 | 2023 |
Bruce Westerman | Republican | Arkansas | 2023 | present |
Majority | Minority |
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Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 9 (Chair), H.Res. 10 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 62 (D), H.Res. 63 (R), H.Res. 92 (D), H.Res. 111 (D), H.Res. 475 (D), H.Res. 789 (Removing Gosar), H.Res. 1197 (R), H.Res. 1347 (D)
Subcommittee | Chair[10] | Ranking Member[11] |
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Energy and Mineral Resources | Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) | Pete Stauber (R-MN) |
Indigenous Peoples of the United States | Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) | Don Young (R-AK) |
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands | Joe Neguse (D-CO) | Russ Fulcher (R-ID) |
Oversight and Investigations | Katie Porter (D-CA) | Blake Moore (R-UT) |
Water, Oceans and Wildlife | Jared Huffman (D-CA) | Cliff Bentz (R-OR) |
Majority | Minority |
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Sources: H.Res. 24 (Chair), H.Res. 25 (Ranking Member), H.Res. 73 (D), H.Res. 74 (R), H.Res. 125 (D), H.Res. 148 (D), H.Res. 793 (D), H.Res. 1072 (R), H.Res. 1135 (D)
Subcommittee | Chair | Ranking Member |
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Energy and Mineral Resources | Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) | Paul Gosar (R-AZ) |
Indigenous Peoples of the United States | Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) | Paul Cook (R-CA) |
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands | Deb Haaland (D-NM) | Don Young (R-AK) |
Oversight and Investigations | TJ Cox (D-CA) | Louie Gohmert (R-TX) |
Water, Oceans and Wildlife | Jared Huffman (D-CA) | Tom McClintock (R-CA) |
Majority[12] | Minority[13] |
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