Natural Resources Committee
Committee on Natural Resources
Showing the 114th Congress (2015–2016). Back to the 119th Congress
646 bills referred in the 114th Congress
10,239 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 940. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.
Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th
Served in the 114th Congress
Each with its own members and record
Hearings and business meetings in the 114th Congress
Members, 114th Congress 46
Everyone who held a seat in the 114th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.
| Seat | Member | Role |
|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Chair |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Ranking Member |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | |
| R-NV | Cresent Hardy | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | |
| R-AK | Don Young | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | |
| R-LA | John Fleming | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | |
| R-ID | Raul R. Labrador | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay |
Subcommittees, 114th Congress 6
Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.
Record
Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 114th Congress.
Newest activity first. In the 114th Congress.
| Bill | Title | Referral | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 107 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule. | Referred To | Dec 20, 2016 |
| HR 6528 | Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act | Referred To | Dec 19, 2016 |
| HR 6529 | Chugach Region Lands Study Act | Referred To | Dec 19, 2016 |
| HR 6524 | Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Act | Referred To | Dec 19, 2016 |
| HR 6491 | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes. | Referred To | Dec 16, 2016 |
| HR 6469 | Yurok Lands Act | Referred To | Dec 15, 2016 |
| HR 6448 | Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2016 | Referred To | Dec 15, 2016 |
| HR 6479 | Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act | Referred To | Dec 15, 2016 |
Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 114th Congress.
The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 114th Congress.
| Hearing | Title | Held |
|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-55 | Oversight Hearing on Examining Decades of Data Manipulation at the United States Geological Survey1 witness
| Dec 6, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-54 | Oversight Field Hearing on Tribal Prosperity and Self-Determination Through Energy Development5 witnesses
| Oct 4, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-53 | The Status of the Federal Government's Management of Wolves7 witnesses
| Sep 21, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-52 | Oversight Hearing on the Impacts of the Obama Ceq's Final Guidance for GHG Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change1 witness
| Sep 21, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-51 | H.R. 5780, to Provide Greater Conservation, Recreation, Economic Development and Local Management of Federal Lands in Utah, and for Other Purposes, "Utah Public Lands Initiative Act"6 witnesses
| Sep 14, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-50 | Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5406, to Amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to Improve Access to Tribal Health Care by Providing for Systemic Indian Health Service Workforce and Funding Allocation Reforms, and for Other Purposes, "Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Trust in Tribal Healthcare Act," or "Healtth Act"6 witnesses
| Jul 12, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-49 | Oversight Hearing on Changing Demands and Water Supply Uncertainty in California4 witnesses
| Jul 12, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-48 | Oversight Hearing on State Perspectives on BLM'S Draft Planning 2.0 Rule5 witnesses
| Jul 7, 2016 |
The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 114th Congress.
| Report | Title | Issued |
|---|---|---|
| H. Rept. 114-886 | REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES DURING THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS First Session January 6, 2015-December 18, 2015 Second Session January 4, 2016-January 3, 2017 together with SUPPLEMENTAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS | Dec 22, 2016 |
| H. Rept. 114-857 | Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act | Dec 8, 2016 |
| H. Rept. 114-856 | Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act | Dec 8, 2016 |
| H. Rept. 114-851 | Gulf States Red Snapper Management Authority Act | Dec 8, 2016 |
| H. Rept. 114-847 | To Provide That an Indian Group May Receive Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian Tribe Only by an Act of Congress, and for Other Purposes | Dec 7, 2016 |
| H. Rept. 114-845 | Chicano Park Preservation Act | Dec 5, 2016 |
| H. Rept. 114-834 | Arbuckle Project Maintenance Complex and District Office Conveyance Act of 2016 | Nov 29, 2016 |
| H. Rept. 114-833 | Certainty for States and Tribes Act | Nov 22, 2016 |
Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 114th Congress.
Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 114th Congress.
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 | 940 | 148 | 29 | 149 | 29 | 32 | 526 | 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 7
Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 114th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.
| Date | Member | Change | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2016 | Matt Cartwright D-PA | Resigned from the committee | Congressional Record, H5365 |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Darin LaHood R-IL | Joined | H.Res. 442 |
| Jul 28, 2015 | Wm. Lacy Clay D-MO | Joined | H.Res. 387 |
| May 14, 2015 | Bradley Byrne R-AL | Resigned from the committee | Congressional Record, H2972 |
| Apr 22, 2015 | Mark Takai D-HI | Resigned from the committee | Congressional Record, H2381 |
| Feb 25, 2015 | Lois Capps D-CA | Joined | H.Res. 124 |
| Feb 25, 2015 | Jared Polis D-CO | Joined | H.Res. 124 |
Everything here is as published by Congress. Seats run from the 107th Congress, dated by the resolutions that made them and the Congressional Record; referrals and nominations from the 107th; meetings from the 112th. A committee older than that shows less than it has done. Records come from Congress.gov, GovInfo and the House and Senate.