HSSY18 · House Subcommittee

Environment Subcommittee

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House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment

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41 bills referred in the 115th Congress

140 across the 5 Congresses on file, more in this Congress than in any other. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 113th to 117th

Members

Served in the 115th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 115th Congress

Members, 115th Congress 27

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 115th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

Seat	Member	Role
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Chair
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine	Chair
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Ranking Member
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Vice Chair
D-CA	Ami Bera
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk
D-IL	Bill Foster
R-FL	Bill Posey
R-TX	Brian Babin
R-AR	Bruce Westerman
D-FL	Charlie Crist
R-LA	Clay Higgins
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa
D-PA	Conor Lamb
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher
R-FL	Daniel Webster
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer
R-IN	Jim Banks
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar
R-TX	Lamar Smith
D-CA	Mark Takano
R-AL	Mo Brooks
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.

Record

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

Newest activity first. In the 115th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HRES 834	Expressing no confidence in the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and calling for the immediate resignation of the Administrator.	Referred To	May 22, 2018
HRES 802	Supporting the goals and ideals of World Water Day.	Referred To	May 22, 2018
HR 5885	WILD Act	Referred To	May 22, 2018
HR 5604	Healthy Environment for Children Act	Referred To	May 22, 2018
HR 5310	Municipal Infrastructure Savings and Transparency Act	Referred To	May 22, 2018
HR 5212	GREENER Fuels Act	Referred To	May 22, 2018
HR 5196	CENOTE Act of 2018	Referred To	May 22, 2018
HR 4640	National Centers of Excellence in Coastal Flood Research and Education Act	Referred To	May 22, 2018

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

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Hearing	State Perspectives on Regulating Background OzoneRayburn House Office Building 231812 documents 4 witnesses Ms. Diane Rath, Executive Director, Alamo Area Council of Governments Mr. Timothy Franquist, Air Quality Division Director, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Mr. Gregory Stella, Senior Scientist, Alpine Geophysics Dr. Elena Craft, Senior Health Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund	Scheduled	Jun 21, 2018

Hearing	Surveying the Space Weather LandscapeRayburn House Office Building 231821 documents 4 witnesses Dr. Neil Jacobs, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Dr. Jim Spann, Chief Scientist, Heliophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dr. W. Tobiska, President and Chief Scientist, Space Environment Technologies Dr. Sarah Gibson, Senior Scientist, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Co-Chair, Committee on Solar and Space Physics, National Academy of Science	Scheduled	Apr 26, 2018

Hearing	The Future of WOTUS: Examining the Role of StatesRayburn House Office Building 231912 documents 4 witnesses Mr. Wesley Mehl, Deputy Commissioner, Arizona State Land Department Mr. James Chilton, Rancher, Chilton Ranch Mr. Reed Hopper, Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation Mr. Ken Kopocis, Adjunct Associate Professor, American University Washington College of Law	Rescheduled	Nov 29, 2017

Hearing	Geoengineering: Innovation, Research, and TechnologyRayburn House Office Building 231812 documents 4 witnesses Dr. Phil Rasch, Chief Scientist for Climate Science, Laboratory Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Dr. Joseph Majkut, Director of Climate Policy, Niskanen Center Dr. Douglas MacMartin, Senior Research Associate, Cornell University Ms. Kelly Wanser, Principal Director, Marine Cloud Brightening Project, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington	Scheduled	Nov 8, 2017

Hearing	Examining the Scientific and Operational Integrity of EPA’s IRIS ProgramRayburn House Office Building 231819 documents 3 witnesses Dr. James Bus, Senior Managing Scientist, Exponent Dr. Kenneth Mundt, Principal, Ramboll Environ Dr. Thomas Burke, Johns Hopkins University	Scheduled	Sep 6, 2017

Hearing	Examining Advancements in Biofuels: Balancing Federal Research and Market InnovationRayburn House Office Building 231822 documents 4 witnesses Dr. John DeCicco, Research Professor, University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI); Director, University of Michigan Energy Survey Ms. Emily Skor, Chief Executive Officer, Growth Energy Dr. Paul Gilna, Director, BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) and Deputy-Division Director of Biosciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Mr. Nick Loris, Herbert and Joyce Morgan Research Fellow in Energy and Environmental Policy, Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity, The Heritage Foundation	Scheduled	Jul 25, 2017

Hearing	Leading the Way: Examining Advances in Environmental TechnologiesRayburn House Office Building 231816 documents 3 witnesses Mr. Sebastien De Halleux, Chief Operating Officer, Saildrone Inc. Dr. Neil Jacobs, Chief Atmospheric Scientist, Panasonic Avionics Dr. Burke Hales, Professor in Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University	Scheduled	Jun 21, 2017

Hearing	Expanding the Role of States in EPA RulemakingRayburn House Office Building 231818 documents 3 witnesses Mr. Misael Cabrera, Director, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Ms. Becky Keogh, Director, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Dr. Deborah Swackhamer, Professor Emerita, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs and Professor Emerita, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota	Scheduled	May 23, 2017

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	Meetings
119th2025–2026, sitting	11	0	0	0	8
118th2023–2024	9	0	0	0	7
117th2021–2022	10	20	0	1	8
116th2019–2020	16	21	6	0	11
115th2017–2018	27	41	0	0	9
114th2015–2016	19	30	0	0	13
113th2013–2014	18	28	1	2	7

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