SSEG03 · Senate Subcommittee

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee

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Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

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49 bills referred in the 117th Congress

638 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 66. 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 117th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 117th Congress

Members, 117th Congress 14

Everyone listed on the subcommittee in the 117th Congress, from printed hearings, the Congressional Directory and the official rosters.

Seat	Member	Role
D-NV	Catherine Cortez Masto	Chair
I-ME	Angus S. King Jr.
R-LA	Bill Cassidy
R-MS	Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-ID	James E. Risch
R-OK	James Lankford
D-CO	John W. Hickenlooper
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski
D-AZ	Mark Kelly
D-NM	Martin Heinrich
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono
R-UT	Mike Lee
D-OR	Ron Wyden
R-MT	Steve Daines

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 117th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 4227	A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.	Hearings By	Jun 7, 2022
S 4080	Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expansion Act	Hearings By	Jun 7, 2022
S 4062	HOUSES Act of 2022	Hearings By	Jun 7, 2022
S 3997	Land Between the Lakes Recreation and Heritage Act	Hearings By	Jun 7, 2022
S 387	Grand Canyon Protection Act	Hearings By	Jun 7, 2022
S 3709	Black Hills Forest Protection and Jobs Preservation Act of 2022	Hearings By	Jun 7, 2022
S 3644	A bill to require the collection of certain data relating to Bureau of Land Management land acquisitions, and for other purposes.	Hearings By	Jun 7, 2022
S 3404	A bill to provide the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New Mexico.	Hearings By	Jun 7, 2022

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Meeting	Hearings to examine S.387, to protect, for current and future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, to provide for a study relating to the uranium stockpile in the United States, S.1264, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing permits and leases, S.1412, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, Nevada, S.1750, to redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the State of Wyoming, S.2254, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain streams in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and Smith River system in the State of Montana as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S.2568, to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program, S.2708, to provide for greater consultation between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for recognition of the historic-traditional uses of land grant-mercedes, S.2980, to authorize the voluntary donation of grazing permits and leases in the State of New Mexico, S.2996, to provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, S.3046, to codify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest restoration projects, S.3129, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S.3144, to establish the Sutton Mountain National Monument, to authorize certain land exchanges in the State of Oregon, to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Oregon to the city of Mitchell, Oregon, and Wheeler County, Oregon, for conservation, economic, and community development purposes, S.3269, to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S.3370, to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, S.3404, to provide the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New Mexico, S.3644, to require the collection of certain data relating to Bureau of Land Management land acquisitions, S.3709, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out vegetation management projects and timber production projects on certain National Forest System land in the States of Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming, S.3997, to amend the Land Between the Lakes Protection Act of 1998 to clarify the administration of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, S.4062, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize the sale of certain Federal land to States and units of local government to address housing shortages, S.4080, to modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to include certain Federal land in Lake County, California, and S.4227, to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units.Dirksen Senate Office Building 3661 document	Scheduled	Jun 7, 2022

Meeting	Hearings to examine S.180, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development, S.528, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, Arizona, S.607, to discourage speculative oil and gas leasing and to promote enhanced multiple use management of public land and National Forest System land, S.1214, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with States to provide for State administration of allotment management plans, S.1411, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land to Lander County, Nevada, to designate certain wilderness areas in Lander County, Nevada, S.1459, to provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, S.1493, to sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation, S.1538, to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S.1583, to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, S.1589, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S.1631, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System land in the State of Arizona to the Arizona Board of Regents, S.2130, to modify the disposition of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for renewable energy, S.2433, to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre of Federal real property, and S.2524, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility or certain programs.Dirksen Senate Office Building 3661 document	Scheduled	Oct 19, 2021

Meeting	Hearings to examine S.173, to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S.177, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, S.182, to withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry, S.455, to designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, S.554, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the establishment of, and the potential land that could be included in, a unit of the National Forest System in the State of Hawaii, S.567, to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, S.569, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System land to the State of South Dakota, S.609, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws, S.904, to require the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to digitize and make publicly available geographic information system mapping data relating to public access to Federal land and waters for outdoor recreation, S.1008, to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a modeling tool, conduct a study, and issue reports relating to the tax equivalent amount of payments under the payment in lieu of taxes program, S.1076, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and surrounding land, to provide funds to State and Tribal government to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and surrounding land, S.1128, to provide for the continuation of higher education through the conveyance to the University of Alaska of certain public land in the State of Alaska, S.1222, to designate and adjust certain lands in the State of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and S.1686, to amend the Wilderness Act to allow local Federal officials to determine the manner in which nonmotorized uses may be permitted in wilderness areas.Dirksen Senate Office Building 3661 document	Scheduled	Jun 16, 2021

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	Became law	Meetings
119th2025–2026, sitting	15	66	3	3
118th2023–2024	0	60	1	4
117th2021–2022	14	49	0	3
116th2019–2020	16	39	1	3
115th2017–2018	17	49	0	—
114th2015–2016	17	35	0	—
113th2013–2014	19	57	5	—
112th2011–2012	15	43	6	—
111th2009–2010	14	57	2	—
110th2007–2008	18	59	0	—
109th2005–2006	15	39	5	—
108th2003–2004	15	60	16	—
107th2001–2002	17	25	4	—

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