United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has jurisdiction over matters related to energy and nuclear waste policy, territorial policy, native Hawaiian matters, and public lands.

Its roots go back to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. In 1977, it became the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Indian Affairs were removed from its jurisdiction into its own committee.

Members, 112th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Democrat Jeff Bingaman, of New Mexico, and the Ranking Member is Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

Majority	Minority
Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico, Chairman Ron Wyden, Oregon Tim Johnson, South Dakota Mary Landrieu, Louisiana Maria Cantwell, Washington Bernie Sanders, Vermont Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Mark Udall, Colorado Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Al Franken, Minnesota Joe Manchin, West Virginia Chris Coons, Delaware	Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, Ranking Member John Barrasso, Wyoming Jim Risch, Idaho Mike Lee, Utah Rand Paul, Kentucky Dan Coats, Indiana Rob Portman, Ohio John Hoeven, North Dakota Dean Heller, Nevada Bob Corker, Tennessee

Source: 2011 Congressional Record, Vol. 157, Page S557 ; S.Res. 179

Subcommittees

The Energy Committee operates with 4 subcommittees.

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Minority Member
Energy	Maria Cantwell (D-WA)	Jim Risch (R-ID)
National Parks	Mark Udall (D-CO)	John Barrasso (R-WY)
Public Lands and Forests	Ron Wyden (D-OR)	John Barrasso (R-WY)
Water and Power	Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)	Mike Lee (R-UT)

Chairmen

Committee on Public Lands, 1816–1921

• Jeremiah Morrow (R-OH) 1816–1819
• Thomas Williams (R-MS) 1819–1820
• Jesse Thomas (R-IL) 1820–1823
• David Barton (NR-MO) 1823–1831
• William R. King (D-AL) 1831–1832
• Elias Kane (D-IL) 1832–1833
• George Poindexter (W-MS) 1833–1835
• Thomas Ewing (W-OH) 1835–1836
• Robert Walker (D-MS) 1836–1841
• Oliver Hampton Smith (W-IN) 1841–1843
• William Woodbridge (W-MI) 1843–1845
• Sidney Breese (D-IL) 1845–1849
• Alpheus Felch (D-MI) 1849–1853
• Solon Borland (D-AR) 1853
• Augustus Dodge (D-IA) 1853–1855
• Charles E. Stuart (D-MI) 1855–1859
• Robert W. Johnson (D-AR) 1859–1861
• James Harlan (R-IA) 1861–1865
• Samuel Pomeroy (R-KS) 1865–1873
• William Sprague (R-RI) 1873–1875
• Richard Oglesby (R-IL) 1875–1879
• Joseph E. McDonald (D-IN) 1879–1881
• Preston Plumb (R-KS) 1881–1891
• Joseph N. Dolph (R-OR) 1891–1893
• James H. Berry (D-AR) 1893–1895
• Fred T. Dubois (R-ID) 1895–1897
• Henry C. Hansbrough (R-ND) 1897–1908
• Knute Nelson (R-MN) 1908–1912
• Reed Smoot (R-UT) 1912–1913
• George E. Chamberlain (D-OR) 1913–1915
• Henry L. Myers (D-MT) 1915–1919
• Reed Smoot (R-UT) 1919–1921

Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, 1921–1947

• Reed Smoot (R-UT) 1921–1923
• Irvine L. Lenroot (R-WI) 1923–1924
• Edwin F. Ladd (R-ND) 1924
• Robert Nelson Stanfield (R-OR) 1924–1927
• Gerald P. Nye (R-ND) 1927–1933
• John B. Kendrick (D-WY) 1933
• Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) 1933–1937
• Alva B. Adams (D-CO) 1937–1941
• Carl A. Hatch (D-NM) 1941–1947

Committee on Public Lands, 1947–1948

• Hugh Butler (R-NE) 1947–1948

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1948–1977

• Hugh Butler (R-NE) 1948–1949
• Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY) 1949–1953
• Hugh Butler (R-NE) 1953–1954
• Guy Cordon (R-OR) 1954–1955
• James E. Murray (D-MT) 1955–1961
• Clinton P. Anderson (D-NM) 1961–1963
• Scoop Jackson (D-WA) 1963–1977

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977–present

• Scoop Jackson (D-WA) 1977–1981
• James McClure (R-ID) 1981–1987
• Bennett Johnson (D-LA) 1987–1995
• Frank Murkowski (R-AK) 1995–2001
• Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 2001
• Frank Murkowski (R-AK) 2001
• Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 2001–2003
• Pete Domenici (R-NM) 2003–2007
• Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 2007-present

External links

• Official Committee Website
• Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member profiles at WhoRunsGov at The Washington Post

See also

• The United States House Committee on Public Lands, was a predecessor of the United States House Committee on Resources