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Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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511 bills referred in the 115th Congress

5,571 across the 13 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 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 115th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 115th Congress 26

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.

Seat	Member	Role
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski	Chair
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Ranking Member
D-MN	Al FrankenLeft Dec 21, 2017
I-ME	Angus S. King Jr.
I-VT	Bernard Sanders
R-LA	Bill Cassidy
D-NV	Catherine Cortez Masto
R-CO	Cory Gardner
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow
R-ID	James E. Risch
R-AZ	Jeff Flake
R-AL	Jeff SessionsLeft Feb 8, 2017
D-WV	Joe Manchin III
R-WY	John Barrasso
R-ND	John Hoeven
R-TN	Lamar Alexander
R-AL	Luther StrangeJoined Feb 9, 2017 · Left Dec 21, 2017
D-NM	Martin Heinrich
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono
R-UT	Mike Lee
R-OH	Rob Portman
D-OR	Ron Wyden
R-WV	Shelley Moore CapitoJoined Jan 9, 2018
R-MT	Steve Daines
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth
D-MN	Tina SmithJoined Jan 9, 2018

Subcommittees, 115th Congress 4

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

Record

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

Newest activity first. In the 115th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 4689	To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.	Discharged From	Dec 22, 2018
S 3803	Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018	Referred To	Dec 20, 2018
HR 1733	To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil.	Discharged From	Dec 20, 2018
HR 6140	Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Act	Referred To	Dec 12, 2018
S 3659	A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to annually designate at least one city in the United States as an "American World War II Heritage City", and for other purposes.	Hearings By	Dec 12, 2018
HR 801	Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act	Hearings By	Dec 12, 2018
HR 6687	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes.	Hearings By	Dec 12, 2018
S 3646	A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept certain properties in the State of Missouri.	Hearings By	Dec 12, 2018

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 115th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 115-535	Pending Legislation121 pagesOn H.R. 801, H.R. 1220, H.R. 3468, H.R. 3607, H.R. 3961 and 23 more 1 witness Smith, Mr. P. Daniel, Deputy Director, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior	Dec 12, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-534	Pending Legislation93 pagesOn H.R. 6398, H.R. 6511, S. 1089, S. 1713, S. 1875 and 11 more 2 witnesses Barton, Hon. Joe, a U.S. Representative from Texas Menezes, Hon. Mark W., Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy	Nov 29, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-533	BARANWAL, McNAMEE AND VELA NOMINATIONS145 pagesOn S. 1573 5 witnesses Cruz, Hon. Ted, a U.S. Senator from Texas Cornyn, Hon. John, a U.S. Senator from Texas Baranwal, Dr. Rita, nominated to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy) McNamee, Bernard L., nominated to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Vela, Raymond David, nominated to be Director of the National Park Service	Nov 15, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-532	Challenges in Gateway Communities of National Parks58 pagesOn H.R. 5210, S. 2509, S. 3172 5 witnesses Sholly, Cameron, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Baltzley, Patricia, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Gardiner Public Schools Costello, Marysue, Director, West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce Purvis, Deb, President, Cooke City Park County Water District Sacca II, Richard Anthony, Emergency Manager, Office of Emergency Management, Flathead County, Montana	Oct 19, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-531	An Examination of Blackstart, the Process for Returning Energy to the Power Grid After a System-Wide Blackout, and Other System Restoration Plans in the Electric Utility Industry156 pages 6 witnesses Ortiz, Dr. David S., Acting Director, Office of Electric Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Ott, Andrew L., President & CEO, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C Torres, Juan, Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Ditto, Joy, President and CEO, Utilities Technology Council Galloway, Sr., Thomas J., President and CEO, North American Transmission Forum Yardley, Timothy M., Senior Associate Director of Technology and Workforce Development, Information Trust Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Oct 11, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-530	The Department of Energy's Efforts in the Field of Quantum Information Science94 pagesOn S. 1563 4 witnesses Dabbar, Hon. Paul M., Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy Guha, Dr. Supratik, Professor, Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, and Director of the Center for Nanoscale Materials and Senior Science Advisor, Argonne National Laboratory Holmdahl, Todd, Corporate Vice President, Quantum, Microsoft Corpo- ration Siddiqi, Dr. Irfan, Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, and Director, Berkeley Quantum	Sep 25, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-529	The Role of U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas in Meeting European Energy Demand103 pages 5 witnesses Winberg, Hon. Steven E., Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy Book, Kevin, Managing Director, ClearView Energy Partners, LLC Grigas, Dr. Agnia, Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Slocum, Tyson, Energy Program Director, Public Citizen Mills, Mark P., Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute	Sep 13, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-528	Pending Legislation458 pagesOn H.R. 2074, H.R. 2075, H.R. 3279, S. 483, S. 1572 and 12 more 4 witnesses Bennet, Hon. Michael F., a U.S. Senator from Colorado Casamassa, Glenn, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture McAlear, Christopher, Assistant Director, National Conservation Lands & Community Partnerships, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior Keyser, Marilynne, President, Friends and Neighbors of the Deschutes Canyon Area	Aug 22, 2018

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 115th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 115-451	Alaska Native Vietnam ERA Veterans Land Allotment ActOn S. 785	Dec 20, 2018
S. Rept. 115-441	Wildfire Management Technology Advancement Act of 2018On S. 2290	Dec 19, 2018
S. Rept. 115-440	Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018On S. 2809	Dec 19, 2018
S. Rept. 115-439	Oregon Wildlands ActOn S. 1548	Dec 19, 2018
S. Rept. 115-429	Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests ActOn S. 2160	Dec 11, 2018
S. Rept. 115-428	Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding ActOn S. 569	Dec 11, 2018
S. Rept. 115-427	Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation ActOn S. 441	Dec 11, 2018
S. Rept. 115-426	Red River Gradient Boundary Survey ActOn S. 90	Dec 11, 2018

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 115th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN2556	Bernard L. McNamee, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2020, vice Robert F. Powelson, resigned.Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Confirmed Dec 6, 2018Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 49. Record Vote Number: 254.	Oct 5, 2018
PN2555	Rita Baranwal, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), vice Peter Bruce Lyons, resigned.Department of Energy	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Oct 5, 2018
PN2477	Raymond David Vela, of Texas, to be Director of the National Park Service, vice Jonathan B. Jarvis.Department of the Interior	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Sep 6, 2018
PN2346	William Cooper, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy, vice Steven Croley, resigned.Department of Energy	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jul 31, 2018
PN2275	Lane Genatowski, of New York, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy, vice Ellen Dudley Williams.Department of Energy	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jul 18, 2018
PN2135	Daniel Simmons, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), vice David T. Danielson.Department of Energy	Confirmed Jan 2, 2019Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jun 18, 2018
PN2134	Karen S. Evans, of West Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response). (New Position)Department of Energy	Confirmed Aug 28, 2018Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jun 18, 2018
PN2104	Teri L. Donaldson, of Texas, to be Inspector General of the Department of Energy, vice Gregory H. Friedman, resigned.Department of Energy	Confirmed Jan 2, 2019Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jun 11, 2018

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 115th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-7542	A communication from the Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Administration's Annual Report for fiscal year 2018; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Executive communication	Dec 19, 2018
EC-7449	A communication from the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Geomagnetic Disturbance Reliability Standard; Reliability Standard for Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events" (Docket Nos. RM18-8-000 and RM15-11-003) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 13, 2018; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Executive communication	Dec 18, 2018
EC-7426	A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Air Plan Approval; Maryland; Continuous Opacity Monitoring Requirements for Municipal Waste Combustors and Cement Plants" (FRL No. 9987-81-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 11, 2018; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Executive communication	Dec 13, 2018
EC-7420	A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Department's proposal to sell 3,380.69 acres of public land in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona, to the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), a federally recognized Indian Tribe; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Executive communication	Dec 12, 2018
EC-7419	A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the semi-annual Implementation Report on Energy Conservation Standards Activities of the Department of Energy; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Executive communication	Dec 12, 2018
POM-312	A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Alaska urging the United States Congress to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Petition or memorial	Dec 11, 2018
EC-7376	A communication from the Supervisory Regulations Specialist, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska - 2018-19 and 2019-20 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations" (RIN1018-BB38) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 16, 2018; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Executive communication	Dec 6, 2018
EC-7290	A communication from the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines; Final Rule" ((RIN1902-AF54)(Docket No. RM96-1-041)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 28, 2018; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Executive communication	Nov 29, 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.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Nominations	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	20	471	92	21	8	45	28	35	176	1
118th2023–2024	20	425	136	12	61	43	45	9	208	1
117th2021–2022	20	449	69	10	67	67	71	36	137	1
116th2019–2020	20	409	75	12	56	45	71	27	125	1
115th2017–2018	26	511	160	29	160	—	86	40	240	0
114th2015–2016	22	445	75	4	74	—	77	9	257	2
113th2013–2014	23	393	113	27	111	—	60	36	229	0
112th2011–2012	23	336	65	14	65	—	80	11	228	1
111th2009–2010	23	434	100	12	97	—	99	34	163	1
110th2007–2008	24	504	217	3	163	—	119	16	257	0
109th2005–2006	23	492	122	65	122	—	108	29	348	2
108th2003–2004	23	371	132	68	132	—	94	10	287	2
107th2001–2002	23	331	128	49	80	—	84	33	304	0

Membership changes 6

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

Date	Member	Change	Record
Jan 9, 2018	Tina Smith D-MN	Joined	S.Res. 370
Jan 9, 2018	Shelley Moore Capito R-WV	Joined	S.Res. 369
Dec 21, 2017	Al Franken D-MN	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Dec 21, 2017	Luther Strange R-AL	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Feb 9, 2017	Luther Strange R-AL	Joined	S.Res. 57
Feb 8, 2017	Jeff Sessions R-AL	Left Congress	Last recorded vote

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