United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies is one of twelve subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. It was formerly known as the Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, but was renamed to reflect its jurisdiction over funding for federal environmental programs, and to more closely align the subcommittee with its counterpart on the House Appropriations Committee.

Jurisdiction

This subcommittee has jurisdiction over all Department of Interior discretionary spending (except the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) as well as the funding for the U.S. Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture. They oversee Native American programs, including the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. Finally, the subcommittee oversees independent agencies of the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency and several cultural and historical agencies such as the Smithsonian Institution.

The subcommittee previously had responsibility for several Department of Energy fossil energy programs, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Those programs were consolidated with the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee in 2005.

Members, 113th Congress

The Committee is currently chaired by Democrat Jack Reed of Rhode Island. The Ranking Minority Member is Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska

Majority	Minority
Jack Reed, Rhode Island, Chairman Dianne Feinstein, California Patrick Leahy, Vermont Tim Johnson, South Dakota Jon Tester, Montana Tom Udall, New Mexico Jeff Merkley, Oregon Mark Begich, Alaska	Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, Ranking Member Thad Cochran, Mississippi Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Roy Blunt, Missouri John Hoeven, North Dakota Mike Johanns, Nebraska
Ex-Officio
Barbara Mikulski, Maryland	Richard Shelby, Alabama

See also

• United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

External links

• U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies official web site