UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

(Redirected from Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs)
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 Public Lands', created in 1816. This committee was renamed the 'Committee on Public Lands and Surveys' in 1921, and then, upon merger with the Committee on Indian Affairs, the 'Committee on Territorial and Insular Affairs', the 'Committee on Mines and Mining', and the 'Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation' in 1946, became 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, 110th Congress==
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Jeff Bingaman, of New Mexico, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Pete Domenici also of New Mexico. This is the only Senate Committee in which both the present Chairman and Ranking Minority member are from the same state.

Majority Member State Jeff Bingaman, ''Chairman'' New Mexico Daniel Akaka Hawaii Byron Dorgan North Dakota Ron Wyden Oregon Tim Johnson South Dakota Mary Landrieu Louisiana Maria Cantwell Washington Bob Menendez New Jersey Ken Salazar Colorado Blanche Lincoln Arkansas Bernie Sanders Vermont Jon Tester Montana

Minority Member State Pete V. Domenici, ''Ranking Member'' New Mexico Larry Craig Idaho Lisa Murkowski Alaska Richard Burr North Carolina Jim DeMint South Carolina Bob Corker Tennessee Jeff Sessions Alabama Gordon Smith Oregon Jim Bunning Kentucky Mel Martinez Florida John Barrasso Wyoming

Contents

Subcommittees

Chairmen

Committee on Public Lands, 1816-1921

Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, 1921-1947

Committee on Public Lands, 1947-1948

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1948-1977

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977-present

External links

See also

Subcommittees

Subcommittees of the United States Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Minority Member
Water and Power	Tim Johnson (D-SD)	Bob Corker (R-TN)
Energy	Byron Dorgan (D-ND)	Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Public Lands and Forests	Ron Wyden (D-OR)	vacant[1]
National Parks	Daniel Akaka (D-HI)	Richard Burr (R-NC)

1. Ranking Minority Member Larry Craig of Idaho temporarily stepped down from his position on August 29, 2007 at the request of Senate Republican leaders, due to an Ethics investigation.[1]

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 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 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

See also

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