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Natural Resources Committee

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Committee on Natural Resources

Showing the 110th Congress (2007–2008). Back to the 119th Congress

789 bills referred in the 110th Congress

10,240 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 941. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 110th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 110th Congress 54

Everyone who held a seat in the 110th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Chair
R-AK	Don Young	Ranking Member
R-NE	Adrian SmithJoined Feb 26, 2008
R-ID	Bill Sali
R-PA	Bill Shuster
R-LA	Bobby JindalLeft Dec 19, 2007
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers
R-UT	Chris Cannon
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee
D-OK	Dan Boren
R-NV	Dean HellerLeft Feb 26, 2008
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen
R-CO	Doug Lamborn
D-MA	Edward J. Markey
R-CA	Elton Gallegly
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.
D-CA	George Miller
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano
D-NC	Heath Shuler
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis
D-WA	Jay Inslee
R-AZ	Jeff Flake
D-CA	Jim Costa
R-NJ	Jim Saxton
D-CA	Joe Baca
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes
R-CA	Ken Calvert
R-CA	Kevin McCarthyJoined May 10, 2007 · Left Oct 2, 2007
D-CA	Lois Capps
R-TX	Louie Gohmert
R-PR	Luis G. Fortuno
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo
D-CO	Mark Udall
R-OK	Mary FallinJoined May 10, 2007
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva
R-AZ	Rick RenziLeft Apr 25, 2007
R-UT	Rob Bishop
R-VA	Robert J. WittmanJoined Feb 26, 2008
D-WI	Ron Kind
D-NJ	Rush Holt
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
R-NM	Stevan Pearce
R-LA	Steve ScaliseJoined May 14, 2008
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo
R-OK	Tom Cole
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest

Subcommittees, 110th Congress 5

Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 110th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 110th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 3859	Chronic Wasting Disease Support for States Act	Referred To	Oct 18, 2007
HR 3830	Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2007	Referred To	Oct 17, 2007
HR 2498	To provide for a study regarding development of a comprehensive integrated regional water management plan that would address four general areas of regional water planning in both the San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region and the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region, inclusive of Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, California, and to provide that such plan be the guide by which those counties use as a mechanism to address and solve long-term water needs in a sustainable and equitable manner.	Reported By	Oct 16, 2007
HR 3810	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse located in Farmington, New York, and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of Women's Rights National Historical Park, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Oct 15, 2007
HR 3804	To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by bringing the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Oct 12, 2007
HR 3768	San Joaquin River Settlement Water Management Goal Implementation Act	Referred To	Oct 11, 2007
HR 3757	Alaska Rainforest Conservation Act	Referred To	Oct 11, 2007
HR 3756	Colorado Wilderness Act of 2007	Referred To	Oct 10, 2007

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 110th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 110-88	Recent Trends Concerning Annual Budgets for the National Wildlife Refuge System and Implications for Management Activities74 pages 5 witnesses Callihan, David, Director, Management Systems International Horn, William P., Counsel, U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Kurth, James, Acting Assistant Director of the National Wildlife Refuge System, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Matson, Noah, Vice President for Land Conservation, Defenders of Wildlife Nazzaro, Robin M., Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office	Sep 24, 2008
Serial No. 110-87	Identifying Labor H.R. 3994, Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 200750 pages 5 witnesses Bice, Major General David F., (USMC Retired), Executive Director, Joint Guam Program Office Connelley, Maria S., Director, Guam Department of Labor Domenech, Douglas W., Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior Okada, Mary A.Y., President, Guam Community College Underwood, Hon. Robert A., Ed.D., Former Member of Congress, and President, University of Guam	Sep 23, 2008
Serial No. 110-86	Recent Interior Department Inspector General Investigations on Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Collections52 pages 2 witnesses Devaney, Hon. Earl E., Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Interior Kempthorne, Hon. Dirk, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior	Sep 18, 2008
Serial No. 110-85	The Pineros: Reviewing the Welfare of Workers on Federal Lands46 pages 5 witnesses Dale, D. Michael, Executive Director, Northwest Workers' Justice Project Kashdan, Hank, Deputy Chief of Business Operations, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Moseley, Cassandra, Ph.D., Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon Passantino, Alexander J., Acting Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor Smith, Denise, Executive Director, Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters	Sep 16, 2008
Serial No. 110-84	Impacts of U.S. Consumer Demand on the Illegal and Unsustainable Trade of Wildlife Products41 pagesOn H.R. 4455 5 witnesses Allan, Crawford, Director, TRAFFIC North America Bigue, Marcel, Deputy Director, WildAid Kowalski, Michael J., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Tiffany & Co Perez, Benito A., Chief, Law Enforcement, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Sebunya, Kaddu Kiwe, Director of Program Design, African Wildlife Foundation	Sep 16, 2008
Serial No. 110-83	H.R. 6537, Sanctuary Enhancement Act of 2008; and H.R. 6204, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act.67 pagesOn H.R. 6204, H.R. 6537, S. 2002, S. 2281 9 witnesses Dunnigan, John H., Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce Gudes, Scott B., Vice President, Government Relations, National Marine Manufacturers Association Kroll, Steve, Chair, Thunder Bay Sanctuary Advisory Council Marks, Rick, Principal, Hoffman, Silver, Gilman & Blasco McCotter, Hon. Thaddeus G., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan Ros-Lehtinen, Hon. Ileana, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida Spruill, Vikki, President and CEO, Ocean Conservancy Stupak, Hon. Bart, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan Sullivan, Timothy J., Executive Director and CEO, The Mariners' Museum	Jul 24, 2008
Serial No. 110-82	Expanding Access to Federal Lands for People with Disabilities59 pages 8 witnesses Bedwell, James S., Director, Recreation, Heritage, and Volunteer Resources, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Deal, Lew, USMC (Ret.), Director, Outdoor Programs and Support Services, Robison International, Inc Fraser, Carole, Universal Access Coordinator, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Lands and Forests Little, William Lee, Founder, CEO, and President, BarZ Adventures Inc Pearce, Philip, Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Outdoor Developed Areas, U.S. Access Board Ray, M. Tipton, Wilderness Inquiry, Inc Startzell, David N., Executive Director, Appalachian Trail Conservancy Whitesell, Steve, Associate Director, Park Planning, Facilities, and Lands, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior	Jul 24, 2008
Serial No. 110-81	Successes and Challenges of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas35 pages 3 witnesses Domenech, Hon. Douglas W., Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary on Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior Farrow, Jeffrey, Former Co-Chair of the White House Interagency Group on Insular Areas, (Clinton Administration) Tenorio, Hon. Pedro A., Resident Representative, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	Jul 17, 2008

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 110th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 110-925	REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES of the COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES during the ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS	Jan 2, 2009
H. Rept. 110-882	Legal Timber Protection ActOn H.R. 1497	Sep 24, 2008
H. Rept. 110-861	Deafy Glade Land Exchange ActOn H.R. 6159	Sep 18, 2008
H. Rept. 110-841	National Trails System Willing Seller ActOn H.R. 1847	Sep 11, 2008
H. Rept. 110-840	Trail of Tears Documentation ActOn H.R. 5335	Sep 11, 2008
H. Rept. 110-839	Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision ActOn H.R. 5853	Sep 11, 2008
H. Rept. 110-838	Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Extension Act of 2008On H.R. 6177	Sep 11, 2008
H. Rept. 110-822	Sale or Exchange of NOAA Property in Norfolk, VirginiaOn H.R. 5350	Aug 1, 2008

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 110th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
110th	Committee on Natural Resources Legislative Calendar (2007-2008)	PDF · Text
110th	Rules for the Committee on Natural Resources	PDF · Text

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	48	941	148	30	149	29	32	530	1
118th2023–2024	46	939	161	39	162	40	153	696	1
117th2021–2022	51	893	141	21	142	44	29	457	1
116th2019–2020	47	829	129	34	130	44	41	532	2
115th2017–2018	47	832	222	56	225	50	55	594	2
114th2015–2016	46	646	112	28	113	26	55	761	2
113th2013–2014	51	713	208	46	210	36	89	—	2
112th2011–2012	50	691	149	42	153	0	129	—	2
111th2009–2010	50	754	104	25	104	—	67	—	2
110th2007–2008	54	789	145	26	142	—	87	—	2
109th2005–2006	50	813	128	98	128	—	64	—	3
108th2003–2004	57	757	175	108	171	—	108	—	3
107th2001–2002	56	643	195	84	190	—	158	—	10

Membership changes 9

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 110th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
May 14, 2008	Steve Scalise R-LA	Joined	H.Res. 1196
Feb 26, 2008	Dean Heller R-NV	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H1046
Feb 26, 2008	Robert J. Wittman R-VA	Joined	H.Res. 998
Feb 26, 2008	Adrian Smith R-NE	Joined	H.Res. 998
Dec 19, 2007	Bobby Jindal R-LA	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Oct 2, 2007	Kevin McCarthy R-CA	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H11099
May 10, 2007	Mary Fallin R-OK	Joined	H.Res. 393
May 10, 2007	Kevin McCarthy R-CA	Joined	H.Res. 393
Apr 25, 2007	Rick Renzi R-AZ	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H4053

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