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Natural Resources Committee

Committee on Natural Resources

Showing the 115th Congress (2017–2018). Back to the 119th Congress

832 bills referred in the 115th 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
47

Served in the 115th Congress

Subcommittees
6

Each with its own members and record

Meetings
50

Hearings and business meetings in the 115th Congress

Members, 115th Congress 47

Everyone who held a seat in the 115th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Subcommittees, 115th Congress 6

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 115th Congress.

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 115th Congress.

KindSubjectStatusDate
MarkupThe Committee on Natural Resources has scheduled a markup beginning on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. The Committee will consider the following bills: • H.R. 3997 (Rep. Keith J. Rothfus), To waive the application fee for any special use permit for veterans demonstrations and special events at war memorials on Federal land, and for other purposes. “Free Veterans from Fees Act”; • H.R. 4257 (Rep. Chris Stewart), To maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, generate education funding, and for other purposes. “Advancing Conservation and Education Act”; • H.R. 5005 (Rep. Al Lawson, Jr.), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System; and • H.R. 5269 (Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen), To require State or territorial approval of restriction by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce of recreational or commercial fishing access to certain State or territorial waters, respectively. “State and Territorial Approval for Restriction of Fishing Act” or the “STAR Fishing Act.”CanceledMar 21, 2018
HearingThe Committee on Natural Resources will hold an oversight hearing titled “Policy Priorities at the Department of the Interior and the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Proposal.”Longworth House Office Building 1324
3 witnesses
  • The Honorable Ryan Zinke, Secretary, Department of the Interior
  • Accompanying the Secretary, Ferriter, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Finance, Performance and Acquisition, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Accompanying the Secretary, Flanagan, Director, Office of Budget, U.S. Department of the Interior
ScheduledMar 15, 2018
MarkupThe Committee on Natural Resources has scheduled a markup beginning on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. The Committee will consider the following bills: • H.R. 401 (Rep. Liz Cheney), To designate the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, as Devils Tower, and for other purposes; • H.R. 3008 (Rep. K. Michael Conaway), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the George W. Bush Childhood Home, located at 1412 West Ohio Avenue, Midland, Texas, and for other purposes. “George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act”; • H.R. 4609 (Rep. Scott R. Tipton), To provide for the conveyance of a Forest Service site in Dolores County, Colorado, to be used for a fire station. “West Fork Fire Station Act of 2017”; • H.R. 4851 (Rep. Andre Carson), To establish the Kennedy-King National Historic Site in the State of Indiana, and for other purposes. “Kennedy-King Establishment Act of 2018”; • S. 35 (Sen. John Thune), A bill to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Bureau of Land Management land from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, and for other purposes. “Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act”; and • S. 466 (Sen. Jeff Flake), A bill to clarify the description of certain Federal land under the Northern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005 to include additional land in the Kaibab National Forest.Longworth House Office Building 1324ScheduledMar 14, 2018
MarkupFull Committee The Committee will consider the following bills: • H.R. 520 (Rep. Mark E. Amodei), To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to the economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes. “National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act”; • H.R. 4731 (Rep. Stacey Plaskett), To extend the retained use estate for the Caneel Bay resort in St. John, United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes; and • H.R. 5133 (Rep. Rob Bishop of UT), To reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for other purposes. “Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2018.”Longworth House Office Building 1324ScheduledMar 7, 2018
HearingThe Committee on Natural Resources will hold an oversight hearing titled “Exploring Innovative Solutions to Reduce the Department of the Interior’s Maintenance Backlog.”Longworth House Office Building 1324
5 witnesses
  • Mr. Steve Iobst, National Park Service, Retired; Former Chief of Facility Management for Yellowstone National Park
  • Mr. Steve Guertin, Deputy Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Dan Puskar, Executive Director, Public Lands Alliance
  • Mr. Jason Rano, Vice President, Government Relations, National Park Foundation
  • Mr. P. Daniel Smith, Deputy Director of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
ScheduledMar 6, 2018
MarkupFull CommitteeLongworth House Office Building 1324ScheduledFeb 28, 2018
MarkupThe Committee on Natural Resources has scheduled a markup beginning on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. The Committee will consider the following bills: • H.R. 835 (Rep. Doug Lamborn), To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. • H.R. 4134 (Rep. Michael K. Simpson), To redesignate the White Clouds Wilderness in the Sawtooth and Challis National Forests in the State of Idaho as the Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness in honor of former Idaho Governor and Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus. “Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness Redesignation Act”; and • H.R. 4895 (Rep. Bennie G. Thompson), To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument in the State of Mississippi, and for other purposes. “Medgar Evers National Monument Act.”Longworth House Office Building 1324ScheduledFeb 14, 2018
MarkupThe Committee on Natural Resources has scheduled a markup beginning on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. The Committee will consider the following bills: • H.R. 146 (Rep. Charles J. “Chuck” Fleischmann), To take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and for other purposes. “Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act”; • H.R. 443 (Rep. Scott DesJarlais), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the James K. Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. “James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act”; • H.R. 553 (Rep. Jody B. Hice), To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes; • H.R. 805 (Rep. Devin Nunes), To authorize the conveyance of and remove the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands in the City of Tulare, California. “Tulare Youth Recreation and Women's History Enhancement Act”; • H.R. 1417 (Rep. Don Young), To amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to allow the Museum to acquire, receive, possess, collect, ship, transport, import, and display firearms, and for other purposes. “National Law Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act”; • H.R. 2987 (Rep. Martha McSally), To amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to establish the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps to place youth and veterans in national service positions to conserve, restore, and enhance the great outdoors of the United States, and for other purposes. “21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act of 2017”; • H.R. 3058 (Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay), To redesignate the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in the State of Missouri as the "Gateway Arch National Park" “Gateway Arch National Park Designation Act”; • H.R. 3225 (Rep. Peter A. DeFazio), To allow the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians to lease or transfer certain lands. “Oregon Tribal Economic Development Act”; and • H.R. 3961 (Rep. Darren Soto), To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Kissimmee River and its tributaries in the State of Florida for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. “Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2017”.Longworth House Office Building 1324ScheduledJan 17, 2018

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.

CongressMembersBills referredReportedBecame lawReportsMeetingsPrinted hearingsCommunicationsPrints
119th2025–2026, sitting489411483014929325301
118th2023–20244693916139162401536961
117th2021–2022518931412114244294571
116th2019–2020478291293413044415322
115th2017–2018478322225622550555942
114th2015–2016466461122811326557612
113th2013–201451713208462103689—2
112th2011–201250691149421530129—2
111th2009–20105075410425104—67—2
110th2007–20085478914526142—87—2
109th2005–20065081312898128—64—3
108th2003–200457757175108171—108—3
107th2001–20025664319584190—158—10

Membership changes 8

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 115th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

DateMemberChangeRecord
Apr 17, 2018Nydia M. Velázquez D-NYJoinedH.Res. 833
Apr 12, 2018Norma J. Torres D-CAResigned from the committeeCongressional Record, H3192
Jan 30, 2018John R. Curtis R-UTJoinedH.Res. 719
Jan 16, 2018Darin LaHood R-ILResigned from the committeeCongressional Record, H397
Jul 18, 2017Jimmy Gomez D-CAJoinedH.Res. 453
Jul 12, 2017Jimmy Panetta D-CAResigned from the committeeCongressional Record, H5533
Jun 27, 2017Greg Gianforte R-MTJoinedH.Res. 410
Feb 7, 2017Wm. Lacy Clay D-MOJoinedH.Res. 95

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