United States House Committee on Natural Resources

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The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, or Natural Resources Committee (often referred to as simply "Resources", as in "He's on 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. 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]

Contents 1 Jurisdiction 2 Members, 110th Congress 3 Subcommittees 4 Chairpersons 5 References 6 History 7 External links

[edit] Jurisdiction

1. Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges, and conservation.
2. Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien ownership of mineral lands.
3. Geological Survey.
4. International fishing agreements.
5. Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for irrigation purposes.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Insular possessions of the United States generally (except those affecting the revenue and appropriations).
9. 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.
10. Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
11. Mineral resources of public lands, including the Outer Continental Shelf.
12. Mining interests generally.
13. Mining schools and experimental stations.
14. Marine affairs, including coastal zone management (except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters).
15. Oceanography.
16. Petroleum conservation on public lands and conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
17. Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain.
18. Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazing thereon.
19. Relations of the United States with Native Americans and Native American tribes.
20. Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).

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

[edit] Members, 110th Congress

Members are shown in order of seniority

A vacancy was created on the Republican side in January 2008 when Bobby Jindal resigned to become Governor of Louisiana.

Majority

Minority

Nick J. Rahall, Chairman, West Virginia Dale E. Kildee, Michigan Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey Donna M. Christensen, Virgin Islands Grace F. Napolitano, California Rush Holt, New Jersey Raúl M. Grijalva, Arizona Jim Costa, California Dan Boren, Oklahoma John Sarbanes, Maryland George Miller, California Ed Markey, Massachusetts Peter DeFazio, Oregon Maurice Hinchey, New York Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island Ron Kind, Wisconsin Lois Capps, California Jay Inslee, Washington Mark Udall, Colorado Joe Baca, California Hilda Solis, California Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, South Dakota Heath Shuler, North Carolina

Don Young, Ranking Member, Alaska Jim Saxton, New Jersey Elton Gallegly, California John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland Ken Calvert, California Chris Cannon, Utah Thomas G. Tancredo, Colorado Jeff Flake, Arizona Rick Renzi, Arizona Steve Pearce, New Mexico Henry Brown, South Carolina Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rico Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Louie Gohmert, Texas Tom Cole, Oklahoma Rob Bishop, Utah Bill Shuster. Pennsylvania Dean Heller, Nevada Bill Sali, Idaho Doug Lamborn, Colorado 1 Vacancy

[edit] Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Energy and Mineral Resources	Jim Costa (D-CA)	Stevan Pearce (R-NM)
Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans	Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)	Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R-SC)
Insular Affairs	Donna Christensen (D-VI)	Luis Fortuño (R-PR)
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands	Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)	Rob Bishop (R-UT)
Water and Power	Grace Napolitano (D-CA)	Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)

[edit] Chairpersons

Chairperson	Term
George Miller (D-CA)	1991-1994
Don Young (R-AK)	1995 - 2001
James V. Hansen (R-UT)	2001 - 2003
Richard Pombo (R-CA)	2003 - 2007
Nick J. Rahall (D-WV)	2007 - present

[edit] References

[edit] History

Historical information of the Committee on Resources and its predecessor committees 1807-2002 54MB

[edit] External links

• Official site

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