Natural Resources Committee
Committee on Natural Resources
Showing the 118th Congress (2023–2024). Back to the 119th Congress
939 bills referred in the 118th 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 118th Congress
Each with its own members and record
Hearings and business meetings in the 118th Congress
Members, 118th Congress 46
Everyone who held a seat in the 118th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.
| Seat | Member | Role |
|---|---|---|
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Chair |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Ranking Member |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | |
| R-OR | Cliff Bentz | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | |
| R-AL | Jerry L. Carl | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | |
| R-CA | John S. Duarte | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | |
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | |
| R-GA | Mike Collins | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | |
| R-TX | Wesley Hunt |
Subcommittees, 118th Congress 5
Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.
Record
Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 118th Congress.
Newest activity first. In the 118th Congress.
| Bill | Title | Referral | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 10553 | Historic Preservation Enhancement Act | Referred To | Dec 20, 2024 |
| HR 10526 | Medicare for America Act of 2024 | Referred To | Dec 19, 2024 |
| HR 10521 | Complete America’s Great Trails Act | Referred To | Dec 19, 2024 |
| HR 10513 | Co-Location Energy Act | Referred To | Dec 19, 2024 |
| HR 10528 | To exempt Federal actions related to energy and mineral activities on certain Federal lands from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. | Referred To | Dec 19, 2024 |
| HR 10533 | Small Tribal Forest Restoration Act of 2024 | Referred To | Dec 19, 2024 |
| HR 10527 | SPF Act | Referred To | Dec 19, 2024 |
| HJRES 230 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management related to the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Miles City Field Office, Montana. | Referred To | Dec 19, 2024 |
Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 118th Congress.
The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 118th Congress.
| Hearing | Title | Held |
|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-153 | Oversight Hearing on Desecrating Old Glory: Investigating How the Pro- Hamas Protests Turned National Park Service Land into a Violent Disgrace5 witnesses
| Dec 10, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-152 | H.R. 7642, H.R. 9514, H.R. 9515, and H.R. 9969 | Nov 20, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-151 | H.R. 6441, H.R. 7666, H.R. 8182, H.R. 8517, H.R. 9062, H.R. 9165, H.R. 9528, H.R. 10082, and H.R. 100849 witnesses
| Nov 19, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-150 | Legislative Hearing on H.R. 7662, H.R. 7807, H.R. 8952, and H.R. 100055 witnesses
| Nov 19, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-149 | It All Depends on Water: Examining Efforts to Improve and Protect Central Oregon's Water Supply5 witnesses
| Oct 8, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-148 | Oversight Hearing on Examining Puerto Rico's Electrical Grid and the Need for Reliable and Resilient Energy4 witnesses
| Sep 26, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-147 | H.R. 1479, H.R. 1504, H.R. 8931, H.R. 8946, H.R. 9159, H.R. 9492, H.R. 9516, and S. 6128 witnesses
| Sep 18, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-146 | Serial No. 118-146 - DISCUSSION DRAFT OF H.R.___, TO AMEND THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; H.J. RES. 168, AND H.R. 6129 | Sep 11, 2024 |
The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 118th Congress.
| Report | Title | Issued |
|---|---|---|
| H. Rept. 118-977 | Hrpt118-977 - Report of the Activities of the Committee on Natural Resources for the 118th Congress | Jan 2, 2025 |
| H. Rept. 118-928 | Expressing Disapproval of the Withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of Approximately 225,504 Acres of National For- Est System Lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Min- Nesota, from Disposition Under the United States Mineral and Geothermal Leasing Laws | Dec 18, 2024 |
| H. Rept. 118-927 | Save Our Sequoias Act | Dec 18, 2024 |
| H. Rept. 118-926 | Proven Forest Management Act of 2023 | Dec 18, 2024 |
| H. Rept. 118-925 | Energy Opportunities for All Act | Dec 18, 2024 |
| H. Rept. 118-924 | To Require the Secretary of Agriculture to Carry Out Activities to Suppress Wildfires, and for Other Purposes | Dec 18, 2024 |
| H. Rept. 118-923 | Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act of 2024 | Dec 18, 2024 |
| H. Rept. 118-922 | America's Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act | Dec 18, 2024 |
Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 118th Congress.
Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 118th Congress.
| Title | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 118th | 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 | 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 2
Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 118th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.
| Date | Member | Change | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2023 | Jim Costa D-CA | Resigned from the committee | Congressional Record, H898 |
| Feb 27, 2023 | Susie Lee D-NV | Joined | H.Res. 164 |
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.