[Senate Report 119-7]
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119th Congress } { Report
SENATE
1st Session } { 119-7
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HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND
A SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF
THE COMMITTEE ON
ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DURING THE 118TH CONGRESS
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COMMITTEE ON
ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
UNITED STATES SENATE
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COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
(119th Congress)
MIKE LEE, Utah, Chairman
JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico
JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho RON WYDEN, Oregon
STEVE DAINES, Montana MARIA CANTWELL, Washington
TOM COTTON, Arkansas MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii
DAVID McCORMICK, Pennsylvania ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine
JAMES C. JUSTICE, West Virginia CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada
BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, Colorado
CINDY HYDE-SMITH, Mississippi ALEX PADILLA, California
LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska RUBEN GALLEGO, Arizona
JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
Wendy Baig, Majority Staff Director
Patrick J. McCormick III, Majority Chief Counsel
Jasmine Hunt, Minority Staff Director
Sam E. Fowler, Minority Chief Counsel
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
(118th Congress)
JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia, Chairman
RON WYDEN, Oregon JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont MIKE LEE, Utah
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico STEVE DAINES, Montana
MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, Colorado CINDY HYDE-SMITH, Mississippi
ALEX PADILLA, JOSH HAWLEY, Missouri
California\1\
Renae Black, Staff Director
Sam E. Fowler, Chief Counsel
Justin J. Memmott, Republican Staff Director\2\
Patrick J. McCormick III, Republican Chief Counsel \3\
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\1\Senator Padilla was appointed to the Committee pursuant to S. Res.
411 on October 17, 2023, to fill a vacancy left by Senator Mark Kelly.
\2\Justin Memmott became Republican Staff Director on February 1, 2024.
Richard Russell was Republican Staff Director until January 31, 2024.
\3\Patrick McCormick became Republican Chief Counsel on April 1, 2024.
Justin Memmott was Republican Chief Counsel until March 31, 2024.
MEMORANDUM OF THE CHAIRMAN
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To Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
The enclosed report reviews the accomplishments of the
Committee in the 118th Congress. It will be submitted to the
Senate pursuant to section 8 of Senate Rule XXVI.
Mike Lee,
Chairman.
C O N T E N T S
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Memorandum of the Chairman....................................... III
Summary.......................................................... 1
Membership....................................................... 2
Jurisdiction..................................................... 2
Full Committee:
Jurisdiction................................................. 3
Nominations.................................................. 3
Hearings..................................................... 4
Business Meetings............................................ 7
Subcommittee on Energy:
Jurisdiction................................................. 19
Hearings..................................................... 19
Subcommittee on National Parks:
Jurisdiction................................................. 21
Hearings..................................................... 21
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining:
Jurisdiction................................................. 25
Hearings..................................................... 25
Subcommittee on Water and Power:
Jurisdiction................................................. 31
Hearings..................................................... 31
Measures Enacted Into Law........................................ 35
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HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND A SUMMARY OF ACTIVI-
TIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL
RESOURCES DURING THE 118TH CONGRESS
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March 31, 2025.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Lee, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
SPECIAL REPORT ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Summary
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources conducted an
extensive oversight and legislative program during the 118th
Congress. A total of 423 bills and resolutions (including 366
Senate bills, 48 House bills, and nine Senate resolutions,
seven nominations, 187 executive communications, and 22
petitions and memorials were referred to the Committee for
consideration.
The Committee and its four subcommittees held a total of 45
public hearings during the 118th Congress. These hearings
included eight budget hearings, 27 oversight hearings, nine
legislative hearings on 130 bills, and two hearings on the
nominations of four individuals.
The Committee also held eight business meetings, at which
it ordered reported 135 bills, an original resolution (S. Res.
44) authorizing expenditures by the Committee, and five
nominations. The Committee filed 60 written reports
accompanying bills it reported and reported 75 bills without
written reports.
The Senate passed 54 bills reported by or discharged from
the Committee. A total of 23 bills that were (or their
companion measures were) referred to the Committee were enacted
into law.
Seven nominations submitted by President Biden were
referred to the Committee during the 118th Congress. Of the
seven nominations, five were favorably reported by the
Committee, and four of the five were confirmed by the Senate.
Two were withdrawn by the President, and one was returned to
the President at the end of the Congress pursuant to the
provisions of Rule XXXI, paragraph 6, of the Standing Rules of
the Senate.
MEMBERSHIP
The Senate appointed 10 majority and 9 minority members of
the Committee for the 118th Congress with the adoption of S.
Res. 30 (majority) and S. Res. 31 (minority) on February 2,
2023. S. Res. 30 appointed Senator Manchin as Chairman and S.
Res. 31 appointed Senator Barrasso as Ranking Member. The
Senate appointed Senator Padilla to fill the vacancy created by
the departure of Senator Kelly with the adoption of S. Res. 411
on October 17, 2023.
JURISDICTION
EXCERPTS FROM THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, to which
committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages,
petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the
following subjects:
1. Coal production, distribution, and utilization.
2. Energy policy.
3. Energy regulation and conservation.
4. Energy related aspects of deepwater ports.
5. Energy research and development.
6. Extraction of minerals from oceans and Outer
Continental Shelf lands.
7. Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and reclamation.
8. Mining education and research.
9. Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and mineral
conservation.
10. National parks, recreation areas, wilderness
areas, wild and scenic rivers, historical sites,
military parks and battlefields, and on the public
domain, preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects
of interest.
11. Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska.
12. Nonmilitary development of nuclear energy.
13. Oil and gas production and distribution.
14. Public lands and forests, including farming and
grazing thereon, and mineral extraction therefrom.
15. Solar energy systems.
16. Territorial possessions of the United States,
including trusteeships.
Such committee shall also study and review, on a
comprehensive basis, matters relating to energy and resources
development, and report thereon from time to time.
FULL COMMITTEE
Joe Manchin III, Chairman
JURISDICTION
Jurisdiction of the Full Committee includes oversight and
legislative responsibilities for: National Energy Policy,
including international energy affairs and emergency
preparedness; nuclear waste policy; privatization of federal
assets; territorial policy (including changes in status and
issues affecting Antarctica); Native Hawaiian matters; outdoor
recreation resources; and ad hoc issues. In addition, other
issues are retained in the Full Committee on an ad hoc basis.
Generally, these are issues which (1) require extremely
expeditious handling or (2) substantially overlap two or more
subcommittee jurisdictions, or (3) are of exceptional national
significance in which all Members wish to participate.
NOMINATIONS
Seven Presidential nominations were referred to the
Committee during the 118th Congress.
The Committee favorably reported five of the seven. The
Senate confirmed four of the five nominations reported by the
Committee, and the Senate took no further action on the fifth
nomination, and it was returned to the President at the end of
the Congress pursuant to Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing
Rules of the Senate. The President withdrew the two nominations
not reported by the Committee.
Nominations confirmed
The nominations reported by the Committee and confirmed by
the Senate were for:
David Crane, to be the Under Secretary of Energy. Received
January 3, 2023. Favorably reported May 17, 2023. Confirmed by
the Senate June 7, 2023.
David Rosner, to be a Member of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission for the term ending June 30, 2027.
Received February 29, 2024. Hearing held March 21, 2024. S.
Hrg. 118-326. Favorably reported June 4, 2024. Confirmed by the
Senate June 12, 2024.
Lindsay S. See, to be a Member of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission for the term ending June 30, 2028.
Received February 29, 2024. Hearing held March 21, 2024. S.
Hrg. 118-326. Favorably reported June 4, 2024. Confirmed by the
Senate June 12, 2024.
Judy W. Chang, to be a Member of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission for the term ending June 30, 2029.
Received February 29, 2024. Hearing held March 21, 2024. S.
Hrg. 118-326. Favorably reported June 4, 2024. Confirmed by the
Senate June 13, 2024.
Nominations returned under Rule XXXI
The nomination returned under Rule XXXI was for:
Shannon A. Estenoz, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
Received May 9, 2024. Hearing held July 10, 2024. S. Hrg. 118-
396. Favorably reported July 31, 2024. Returned to the
President pursuant to Rule XXXI on January 3, 2025.
Nominations withdrawn
The two nominations withdrawn by the President were for:
Jeffrey Matthew Marootian, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy). Received
January 23, 2023. Withdrawn by the President on September 7,
2023.
Laura Daniel-Davis, to be an Assistant Secretary of the
Interior (Land and Minerals Management). Received January 23,
2023. Withdrawn by the President on November 21, 2023.
HEARINGS
The Full Committee held 34 hearings, including 25 oversight
hearings, six budget hearings, one legislative hearing, and two
nomination hearings during the 118th Congress, as follows:
February 3, 2023
Oversight hearing on the implementation of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. S. Hrg. 118-1.
February 9, 2023
Oversight hearing on the state of the U.S. Territories. S.
Hrg. 118-2.
February 16, 2023
Oversight hearing on the impact of the Russian Federation's
war in Ukraine on European and global energy security. S. Hrg.
118-3.
March 9, 2023
Oversight hearing on the nuclear fuel cycle. S. Hrg. 118-4.
March 23, 2023
Oversight hearing on cybersecurity vulnerabilities of
United States energy infrastructure. S. Hrg. 118-5.
April 18, 2023
Hearing on the President's budget request for the U.S.
Forest Service for fiscal year 2024. S. Hrg. 118-268.
April 20, 2023
Hearing on the President's budget request for the U.S.
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024. S. Hrg. 118-269.
May 2, 2023
Hearing on the President's budget request for the U.S.
Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2024. S. Hrg. 118-
270.
May 4, 2023
Oversight hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission. S. Hrg. 118-271.
May 11, 2023
Oversight hearing on opportunities to reform the permitting
process for energy and mineral projects. S. Hrg. 118-281.
June 1, 2023
Oversight hearing on the reliability and resiliency of
electric services in light of recent reliability assessments
and alerts. S. Hrg. 118-282.
June 8, 2023
Oversight hearing on the federal response to escalating
wildfire and reforms to land management and wildland
firefighter recruitment and retention. S. Hrg. 118-283.
July 13, 2023
Legislative hearing on the draft Compact of Free
Association Amendments Act of 2023 (subsequently introduced as
S.J. Res. 48). S. Hrg. 118-286.
July 26, 2023
Oversight hearing on opportunities to reform the process
for permitting electric transmission lines, pipelines, and
energy production of federal lands. S. Hrg. 118-288.
September 7, 2023
Oversight hearing on recent advances in artificial
intelligence and the Department of Energy's role in ensuring
U.S. competitiveness and security in emerging technologies. S.
Hrg. 118-289.
September 28, 2023
Oversight hearing on opportunities to counter the People's
Republic of China's control of critical mineral supply chains.
S. Hrg. 118-309.
October 19, 2023
Oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's decision-
making process for awarding competitive loans and grants funded
through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law. S. Hrg. 118-310.
October 26, 2023
Oversight hearing on federal offshore energy strategy and
policies. S. Hrg. 118-312.
November 2, 2023
Oversight hearing on carbon capture, utilization, and
sequestration and direct air capture technologies on federal
and non-federal lands. S. Hrg. 118-313.
November 9, 2023
Oversight hearing on implementation of federal coal mine
land reclamation and abandoned coal mine land economic
revitalization programs. S. Hrg. 118-314.
November 30, 2023
Oversight hearing on advanced nuclear reactor
commercialization. S. Hrg. 118-315.
January 11, 2024
Oversight hearing on federal electric vehicle incentives
and the federal government's role in fostering reliable and
resilient electric vehicle supply chains. S. Hrg. 118-316.
February 8, 2024
Oversight hearing on the Administration's pause on
liquefied natural gas export approvals and the Department of
Energy's process for assessing liquefied natural gas export
applications. S. Hrg. 118-318.
February 28, 2024
Oversight hearing on developing geologic hydrogen in the
United States. S. Hrg. 118-324.
March 10, 2024
Oversight hearing on the findings and recommendations of
the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. S. Hrg.
118-325.
March 21, 2024
Hearing on the nominations to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission of:
David Rosner;
Lindsay S. See; and
Judy W. Chang. S. Hrg. 118-326.
April 16, 2024
Hearing on the President's budget request for the U.S.
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2025. S. Hrg. 118-328.
May 2, 2024
Hearing on the President's budget request for the U.S.
Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2025. S. Hrg. 118-
335.
May 16, 2024
Hearing on the President's budget request for the U.S.
Forest Service for fiscal year 2025. S. Hrg. 118-336.
May 21, 2024
Oversight hearing on the growth in demand for electric
power in the United States. S. Hrg. 118-337.
June 13, 2024
Oversight hearing on the Bureau of Land Management. S. Hrg.
118-395.
July 10, 2024
Hearing on the nomination of Shannon A. Estenoz to be the
Deputy Secretary of the Interior. S. Hrg. 118-396.
September 12, 2024
Oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's role in
advanced computing research. S. Hrg. 118-404.
September 19, 2024
Oversight hearing on fusion energy technology development.
S. Hrg. 118-430.
BUSINESS MEETINGS
The Committee held eight business meetings, at which it
ordered reported 135 bills, an original resolution authorizing
expenditures, and five nominations, as follows:
February 9, 2023
The Committee adopted a change to the Committee's rules and
ordered reported an original Senate resolution (S. Res. 44)
authorizing expenditures by the Committee for the 118th
Congress.
March 23, 2023
The Committee appointed members of the subcommittees for
the 118th Congress.
May 17, 2023
The Committee ordered reported the nomination of David
Crane to be Under Secretary of Energy and the following bills:
S. 92, a bill to designate the outdoor
amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax,
Virginia, as the ``Rick Boucher Amphitheater''. S.
Rept. 118-48;
S. 162, a bill 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, and for
other purposes. S. Rept. 118-49;
S. 199, a bill to codify the authority of
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest
restoration projects, and for other purposes. S. Rept.
118-50;
S. 440, a bill 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, and for other
purposes. S. Rept. 118-51;
S. 452, a bill to require the Secretary of
Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security Program,
expand the American Assured Fuel Supply Program, and
submit a report on a civil nuclear credit program, and
for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-52;
S. 534, a bill to withdraw certain Bureau of
Land Management land from mineral development. S. Rept.
118-63;
S. 535, 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. S. Rept. 118-53;
S. 593, a bill 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. Rept. 118-54;
S. 612, a bill to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe
Restoration Act, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-
55;
S. 623, a bill 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 for certain programs, and for other
purposes. S. Rept. 118-56;
S. 683, a bill to modify the boundary of the
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to include
certain Federal land in Lake County, California, and
for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-64;
S. 706, a bill 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. Rept.
118-65;
S. 736, a bill to establish the Chiricahua
National Park in the State of Arizona as a unit of the
National Park System, and for other purposes. S. Rept.
118-66;
S. 776, a bill 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,
and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-67;
S. 843, a bill to amend the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds
for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for
other purposes. S. Rept. 118-68;
S. 873, a bill to improve recreation
opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to,
Federal public land, and for other purposes. S. Rept.
118-79;
S. 1260, a bill to release the reversionary
interest of the United States to certain non-Federal
land in Salt Lake City, and for other purposes. S.
Rept. 118-75;
S. 1466, a bill to adjust the boundary of
the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to
include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other
purposes. S. Rept. 118-76; and
S. 1540, a bill to amend the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to
provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of
consultation is not required under a land and resource
management plan or land use plan under those Acts, and
for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-77.
September 21, 2023
The Committee ordered reported the following bills:
S. 384, a bill to establish the Springfield
1908 Race Riot National Monument in the State of
Illinois, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-142;
S. 432, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act to designate the Nulhegan River and Paul
Stream in the State of Vermont for potential addition
to the national wild and scenic rivers system, and for
other purposes. S. Rept. 118-149;
S. 507, a bill to establish the Ralph David
Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site, and for other
purposes. S. Rept. 118-150;
S. 608, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
conduct a study of the Deerfield River for potential
addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system,
and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-151;
S. 912, a bill to require the Secretary of
Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen
domestic mining education, and for other purposes. S.
Rept. 118-139;
S. 924, a bill to amend the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission. S.
Rept. 118-143;
S. 961, a bill to redesignate the Salem
Maritime National Historic Site in Salem,
Massachusetts, as the ``Salem Maritime National
Historic Park'', and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-
152;
S. 1015, a bill to require the Secretary of
Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger
District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
S. Rept. 118-144;
S. 1059, a bill to adjust the boundary of
Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas, and for
other purposes. S. Rept. 118-145;
S. 1088, a bill to authorize the
relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and
minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore land
and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State of North
Dakota, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-132;
S. 1097, a bill to establish the Cesar E.
Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical
Park in the States of California and Arizona, and for
other purposes. S. Rept. 118-133;
S. 1277, a bill to modify the boundary of
the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of
Kentucky, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-134;
S. 1405, a bill to provide for the exchange
of certain Federal land and State land in the State of
Utah. S. Rept. 118-153;
S. 1657, a bill to authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz
County, Arizona, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-
135;
S. 1760, a bill to amend the Apex Project,
Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 to
include the city of North Las Vegas, Nevada, and the
Apex Industrial Park Owners Association, and for other
purposes. S. Rept. 118-136;
S. 2018, a bill to require the Secretary of
the Interior to conduct an assessment to identify
locations in National Parks in which there is the
greatest need for broadband internet access service and
areas in National Parks in which there is the greatest
need for cellular service, and for other purposes. S.
Rept. 118-154;
S. 2020, a bill to amend the Oregon Resource
Conservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize the Deschutes
River Conservancy Working Group, and for other
purposes. S. Rept. 118-146;
S. 2042, a bill to amend the Sloan Canyon
National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary
of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for
other purposes. S. Rept. 118-147;
S. 2136, a bill to require the Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to convey
certain Federal land to the State of Utah for inclusion
in certain State parks, and for other purposes. S.
Rept. 118-148;
S. 2149, a bill 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, and for other
purposes. S. Rept. 118-155; and
S. 2216, a bill to release from wilderness
study area designation certain land in the State of
Montana, to improve the management of that land, and
for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-156.
December 14, 2023
The Committee approved Senator Padilla's subcommittee
assignments and ordered reported the following bills:
S. 594, a bill to require the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to
prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide
National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes. S. Rept.
118-175;
S. 636, a bill to establish the Dolores
River National Conservation Area and the Dolores River
Special Management Area in the State of Colorado, to
protect private water rights in the State, and for
other purposes. S. Rept. 118-176;
S. 1118, a bill to establish the Open Access
Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program. S. Rept. 118-
164;
S. 1254, a bill to designate and expand the
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, and for other purposes. S.
Rept. 118-184;
S. 1348, a bill to redesignate land within
certain wilderness study areas in the State of Wyoming,
and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-185;
S. 1634, a bill to provide for the
designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation
management areas, and conservation areas in the State
of Colorado, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-231;
S. 1662, a bill to direct the Secretary of
the Interior to convey to the Midvale Irrigation
District the Pilot Butte Power Plant in the State of
Wyoming, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-165;
S. 1776, a bill to provide for the
protection of and investment in certain Federal land in
the State of California, and for other purposes. S.
Rept. 118-232;
S. 1889, a bill to provide for the
recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and
the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
S. Rept. 118-221;
S. 1890, a bill to provide for the
establishment of a grazing management program on
Federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, and for other
purposes. S. Rept. 118-222;
S. 1955, a bill to amend the Central Utah
Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the
conduct of certain water conservation measures in the
Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes. S. Rept.
118-166;
S. 2247, a bill to reauthorize the Bureau of
Reclamation to provide cost-shared funding to implement
the endangered and threatened fish recovery programs
for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. S.
Rept. 118-167;
S. 2581, a bill to extend the Secure Rural
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
S. Rept. 118-163;
S. 2615, a bill to amend the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village
Corporations shall not be required to convey land in
trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment of
Municipal Corporations, and for other purposes. S.
Rept. 118-177;
S. 3033, a bill to withdraw certain Federal
land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New
Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes. S.
Rept. 118-196;
S. 3036, a bill to require the Secretary of
the Interior to convey to the State of Utah certain
Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of
the Bureau of Land Management within the boundaries of
Camp Williams, Utah, and for other purposes. S. Rept.
118-224;
S. 3044, a bill to redesignate the Mount
Evans Wilderness as the ``Mount Blue Sky Wildernes'',
and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-189;
S. 3045, a bill to provide for the transfer
of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal
land in the State of California, and for other
purposes. S. Rept. 118-178; and
S. 3046, a bill to make permanent the
authority to collect Shasta-Trinity marina fees. S.
Rept. 118-179.
June 4, 2024
The Committee ordered reported the nominations of:
David Rosner, to be a Member of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission for the term ending June
30, 2027;
Lindsay S. See, to be a Member of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term
ending June 30, 2028; and
Judy W. Chang, to be a Member of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission for the term ending June
30, 2029.
July 31, 2024
The Committee ordered reported:
the nomination of Shannon A. Estenoz to be
Deputy Secretary of the Interior; and
S. 4753, a bill to reform leasing,
permitting, and judicial review for certain energy and
mineral projects, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 118-
336.
November 19, 2024
The Committee ordered reported the following bills:
S. 254, a bill to amend the Omnibus Parks
and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for
the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account,
and for other purposes;
S. 373, a bill to modify the disposition of
certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open
Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for
renewable energy, and for other purposes;
S. 482, a bill to amend the Klamath Basin
Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to provide the
Secretary of the Interior with certain authorities with
respect to projects affecting the Klamath Basin
watershed, and for other purposes;
S. 620, a bill to provide for the
distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf
revenues to the State of Alaska, and for other
purposes;
S. 739, a bill to clarify jurisdiction with
respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation pumped storage
development, and for other purposes;
S. 914, a bill to establish an energy threat
analysis center in the Department of Energy;
S. 1553, a bill to amend the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the
management of grazing permits and leases, and for other
purposes;
S. 1764, a bill to improve Federal
activities relating to wildfires, and for other
purposes;
S. 2132, a bill to require the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish a pilot program for the
establishment and use of a pre-fire-suppression stand
density index, and for other purposes;
S. 2151, a bill to amend the Southwest
Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to
require the establishment of an additional Institute
under that Act;
S. 2156, a bill to amend the John D.
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation
Act to authorize additional entities to be eligible to
complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the
Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness,
Colorado;
S. 2160, a bill to amend the Omnibus Public
Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain
extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban
canals of concern;
S. 2169, a bill to authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to carry out watershed pilots, and for
other purposes;
S. 2620, a bill to establish the Chesapeake
National Recreation Area as a unit of the National Park
System, and for other purposes;
S. 2742, a bill to establish the Fort
Ontario National Monument in the State of New York as a
unit of the National Park System, and for other
purposes;
S. 2743, a bill to amend the John D.
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation
Act to designate as a component of the National
Heritage Area System the Finger Lakes National Heritage
Area in the State of New York, and for other purposes;
S. 2784, a bill to amend the Dayton Aviation
Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to adjust the
boundary of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National
Historical Park, and for other purposes;
S. 2867, a bill to address the forest health
crisis on the National Forest System and public lands,
and for other purposes;
S. 2927, a bill to amend the Omnibus Public
Land Management Act of 2009 to increase Tribal access
to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for
other purposes;
S. 2991, a bill to improve revegetation and
carbon sequestration activities in the United States,
and for other purposes;
S. 3123, a bill to provide for the
standardization, consolidation, and publication of data
relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal
waterways among Federal land and water management
agencies, and for other purposes;
S. 3195, a bill to designate the General
George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park
System, and for other purposes;
S. 3241, a bill to establish the Grand
Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as
affiliated areas of the Natchez Historical Park, and
for other purposes;
S. 3346, a bill 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, and for other purposes;
S. 3474, a bill to redesignate the Hulls
Cove Visitor Center at Acadia National Park as the
``George J. Mitchell, Jr., Visitor Center'';
S. 3534, a bill to authorize the Pines
Foundation to establish the Fire Island AIDS Memorial,
and for other purposes;
S. 3542, a bill to amend the Atchafalaya
National Heritage Area Act to modify the boundary of
the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, and for other
purposes;
S. 3543, a bill to establish the Historic
Greenwood District-Black Wall Street National Monument
in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes;
S. 3544, a bill to designate the visitor and
education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and
Historic Shrine as the ``Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and
Education Center'';
S. 3593, a bill to provide for economic
development and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada,
and for other purposes;
S. 3596, a bill to amend the Mineral Leasing
Act to amend references of gilsonite to asphaltite;
S. 3617, a bill to provide equitable
treatment for the people of the Village Corporation
established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska,
and for other purposes;
S. 3631, a bill to require reports on
critical mineral and rare earth element resources
around the world and a strategy for the development of
advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing
technologies;
S. 3790, a bill to make additional Federal
public land available for selection under the Alaska
Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and
for other purposes;
S. 3985, a bill to a bill to amend the
Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to
the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, and for other purposes;
S. 4016, a bill to amend the Boulder Canyon
Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior
to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, and
for other purposes;
S. 4129, a bill to contribute funds and
artifacts to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential
Library in Medora, North Dakota;
S. 4164, a bill to authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of
the Cahokia Mounds and surrounding land in the States
of Illinois and Missouri, and for other purposes;
S. 4209, a bill to provide greater regional
access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National
Monument in the State of Maine, and for other purposes;
S. 4216, a bill to establish the Ocmulgee
Mounds National Park and Preserve in the State of
Georgia, and for other purposes;
S. 4218, a bill to designate the visitor
center for the First State National Historical Park to
be located at the Sheriff's House in New Castle,
Delaware, as the ``Thomas R. Carper Visitor Center'';
S. 4222, a bill to adjust the boundary of
the Mojave National Preserve in the State of California
to include the land within the Castle Mountains
National Monument;
S. 4227, a bill to amend the California
Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of
Joshua Tree National Park as the ``Senator Dianne
Feinstein Visitor Center'';
S. 4242, a bill to extend the authorization
of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act
of 1991, and for other purposes;
S. 4245, a bill to amend the Omnibus Public
Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize certain
United States Geological Survey water data enhancement
programs, and for other purposes;
S. 4259, a bill to require the Secretary of
the Interior to conduct a study to assess the
suitability and feasibility of designating certain land
as the Lahaina National Heritage Area, and for other
purposes;
S. 4347, a bill to provide for the
conveyance of certain Federal land at Swanson Reservoir
and Hugh Butler Reservoir in the State of Nebraska, and
for other purposes;
S. 4424, a bill to direct the Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to
encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land
managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest
Service, with an emphasis on units of the National
Forest System in the western United States, to
acknowledge and support the long-standing use of
cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous
practitioners, and for other purposes;
S. 4432, a bill to allow certain Federal
minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains
Mining Plan Modification;
S. 4451, a bill to require the Secretary of
the Interior to enter into an agreement with the
National Academy of Sciences to carry out a study on
reservation systems for Federal land;
S. 4454, a bill to provide for the
establishment of an Operational Flexibility Grazing
Management Program on land managed by the Bureau of
Land Management, and for other purposes;
S. 4457, a bill to provide for conservation
and economic development in the State of Nevada, and
for other purposes;
S. 4576, a bill to amend the Energy and
Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System
conservation pilot program;
S. 4607, a bill to designate the America's
National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark,
and for other purposes;
S. 4664, a bill to require the Secretary of
Energy to establish a program to promote the use of
artificial intelligence to support the missions of the
Department of Energy, and for other purposes;
S. 4851, a bill to adjust the boundaries of
the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to include the
Scarper Ridge property;
S. 4932, a bill to amend the National
Quantum Initiative Act to provide for a research,
development, and demonstration program, and for other
purposes;
S. 4936, a bill to require a study relating
to the Minidoka National Historic Site;
S. 4974, a bill to amend the John D.
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation
Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning
and Monitoring System, and for other purposes;
S. 4994, a bill to modify the boundary of
the Vicksburg National Military Park in the State of
Mississippi, and for other purposes;
S. 4996, a bill to amend Public Law 89-108
to modify the authorization of appropriations for State
and Tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water
supplies, and for other purposes;
S. 4999, a bill to amend the Aquifer
Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision
relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes;
S. 5000, a bill to prohibit the use of
amounts from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund to
implement a certain record of decision, and for other
purposes;
S. 5005, a bill to authorize additional
funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration
Settlement Act;
S. 5011, a bill to establish the Integrated
Water Management Federal Leadership Committee, to
provide for improved drought resilience and dam safety,
and for other purposes;
S. 5012, a bill to establish an interest-
bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to
the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation
Program, and for other purposes;
S. 5013, a bill to make certain
modifications to the cost share for the Arkansas Valley
Conduit in the State of Colorado;
S. 5125, a bill to provide for certain
improvements to the housing and workforce programs of
Federal land management agencies, and for other
purposes;
S. 5136, a bill to require the Secretary of
the Interior to conduct a study of Plum Island, New
York;
H.R. 359, an Act to establish Fort San
Geronimo del Boqueron in Puerto Rico as an affiliated
area of the National Park System, and for other
purposes;
H.R. 3448, an Act to amend chapter 3081 of
title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection
and preservation of America's battlefields;
H.R. 4984, an Act to direct the Secretary of
the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction
over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to
the District of Columbia so that the District may use
the Campus for purposes including residential and
commercial development, and for other purposes;
H.R. 5443, an Act to establish a policy
regarding appraisal and valuation services for real
property for a transaction over which the Secretary of
the Interior has jurisdiction, and for other purposes,
without amendment; and
H.R. 6062, an Act to restore the ability of
the people of American Samoa to approve amendments to
the territorial constitution based on majority rule in
a democratic act of self-determination, as authorized
pursuant to an Act of Congress delegating
administration of Federal territorial law in the
territory to the President, and to the Secretary of the
Interior under Executive Order 10264, dated June 29,
1951, under which the Constitution of American Samoa
was approved and may be amended without requirement for
further congressional action, subject to the authority
of Congress under the Territorial Clause in article IV,
section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
Subcommittee on Energy
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont, Chair
RON WYDEN, Oregon JOSH HAWLEY, Missouri
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, Colorado CINDY HYDE-SMITH, Mississippi
Joe Manchin III and John Barrasso were Ex Officio Members of the
Subcommittee.
JURISDICTION
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and
legislative responsibilities for: nuclear, coal and synthetic
fuels research and development; nuclear and non-nuclear energy
commercialization projects; nuclear fuel cycle policy; DOE
National Laboratories; global climate change; new technologies
research and development; nuclear facilities siting and
insurance program; commercialization of new technologies,
including solar energy systems; Federal energy conservation
programs; energy information; liquefied natural gas projects;
oil and natural gas regulation; refinery policy; coal
conversion; utility policy; strategic petroleum reserve;
regulation of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and other oil and
gas pipeline transportation systems within Alaska; Arctic
research and energy development; and oil, gas and coal
production and distribution.
HEARINGS
The Subcommittee on Energy did not hold hearings during the
118th Congress.
Subcommittee on National Parks
ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine, Chairman
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont STEVE DAINES, Montana
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico MIKE LEE, Utah
MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
ALEX PADILLA, California CINDY HYDE-SMITH, Mississippi
Joe Manchin III and John Barrasso were Ex Officio Members of the
Subcommittee.
Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona served on the Subcommittee until October
17, 2023. The Committee appointed Senator Padilla to fill the vacancy
left by Senator Kelly on December 14, 2023.
JURISDICTION
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and
legislative responsibilities for: National Park System; Wild
and Scenic Rivers System; National Trails System; national
recreation areas; national monuments; historic sites; military
parks and battlefields; Land and Water Conservation Fund;
historic preservation; outdoor recreation resources; and
preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on
the public domain.
HEARINGS
The Subcommittee on National Parks held three hearings
during the 118th Congress.
May 10, 2023
Oversight hearing to examine the President's budget request
for the National Park Service for fiscal year 2024. S. Hrg.
118-272.
June 21, 2023
Legislative hearing to receive testimony on:
S. 284, to direct the Secretary of the
Interior to include on the engravings on the Taras
Shevchenko Memorial in the District of Columbia the
name of Vincent Illuzzi, Sr., who carved the statue;
S. 351, to designate 6 creeks in the State
of North Carolina in honor of the lives lost in a plane
crash in Carteret County, North Carolina, on February
13, 2022, and for other purposes;
S. 384, to establish the Springfield 1908
Race Riot National Monument in the State of Illinois,
and for other purposes;
S. 432, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act to designate the Nulhegan River and Paul Stream in
the State of Vermont for potential addition to the
national wild and scenic rivers system, and for other
purposes;
S. 507, to establish the Ralph David
Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site, and for other
purposes;
S. 527, to establish the African Burial
Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational
Center in New York, New York, and for other purposes;
S. 562, to establish the Emmett Till and
Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic
Site in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes;
S. 594, to require the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to
prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide
National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes;
S. 608, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct
a study of the Deerfield River for potential addition
to the national wild and scenic rivers system, and for
other purposes;
S. 886, to authorize the location of a
monument on the National Mall to commemorate and honor
the women's suffrage movement and the passage of the
19th Amendment to the Constitution, and for other
purposes;
S. 924, to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal National Historical Park Commission;
S. 961, to redesignate the Salem Maritime
National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts, as the
``Salem Maritime National Historic Park'', and for
other purposes;
S. 1059, to adjust the boundary of Big Bend
National Park in the State of Texas, and for other
purposes;
S. 1097, to establish the Cesar E. Chavez
and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in
the States of California and Arizona, and for other
purposes; and
S. 1277, to modify the boundary of the
Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky,
and for other purposes. S. Hrg. 118-284.
May 15, 2024
Oversight hearing to examine the President's budget request
for the National Park Service for fiscal year 2025, and
legislative hearing on:
S. 2620, to establish the Chesapeake
National Recreation Area as a unit of the National Park
System, and for other purposes;
S. 2742, to establish the Fort Ontario
National Monument in the State of New York as a unit of
the National Park System, and for other purposes;
S. 2743, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to
designate as a component of the National Heritage Area
System the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the
State of New York, and for other purposes;
S. 2784, to amend the Dayton Aviation
Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to adjust the
boundary of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National
Historical Park, and for other purposes;
S. 3195, to designate the General George C.
Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an
affiliated area of the National Park System, and for
other purposes;
S. 3241, to establish the Grand Village of
the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as affiliated
areas of the Natchez Historical Park, and for other
purposes;
S. 3251, to modify the boundary of the
Lincoln Home National Historic Site in the State of
Illinois;
S. 3474, to redesignate the Hulls Cove
Visitor Center at Acadia National Park as the ``George
J. Mitchell, Jr., Visitor Center'';
S. 3534, to authorize the Pines Foundation
to establish the Fire Islands AIDS Memorial, and for
other purposes;
S. 3542, to amend the Atchafalaya National
Heritage Area Act to modify the boundary of the
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, and for other
purposes;
S. 3543, to establish the Historic Greenwood
District-Black Wall Street National Monument in the
State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes;
S. 3568/H.R. 3448, to amend chapter 3081 of
title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection
and preservation of America's battlefields;
S. 4129, to contribute funds and artifacts
to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in
Medora, North Dakota;
S. 4209, to provide greater regional access
to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in
the State of Maine, and for other purposes;
S. 4216, to establish the Ocmulgee Mounds
National Park and Preserve in the State of Georgia, and
for other purposes;
S. 4218, to designate the visitor center for
the First State National Historical Park to be located
at the Sheriff's House in New Castle, Delaware, as the
``Thomas R. Carper Visitor Center'';
S. 4222, to adjust the boundary of the
Mojave National Preserve in the State of California to
include the land within the Castle Mountains National
Monument;
S. 4227, to amend the California Desert
Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua
Tree National Park;
S. 4228, to redesignate the Cottonwood
Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the
``Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center'';
S. 4259, to require the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability
and feasibility of designating certain land as the
Lahaina National Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
H.R. 359, to establish Fort San Geronimo del
Boqueron in Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the
National Park System, and for other purposes;
H.R. 2717, to authorize the National Medal
of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative
work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary
acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice
displayed by Medal of Honor recipients; and
H.R. 4984, to direct the Secretary of the
Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over
the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the
District of Columbia so that the District may use the
Campus for purposes including residential and
commercial development, and for other purposes. S. Hrg.
118-336.
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada, Chair
RON WYDEN, Oregon MIKE LEE, Utah
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii STEVE DAINES, Montana
ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, Colorado BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
ALEX PADILLA, California JOSH HAWLEY, Missouri
Joe Manchin III and John Barrasso were Ex Officio Members of the
Subcommittee.
Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona served on the Subcommittee until October
17, 2023. The Committee appointed Senator Padilla to fill the vacancy
left by Senator Kelly on December 14, 2023.
JURISDICTION
Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and
legislative responsibilities for: public lands administered by
the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service,
including farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas;
establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and
wilderness designation therein; military land withdrawals;
reserved water rights; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act;
territorial affairs; national mining and minerals policy and
general mining laws; surface mining, reclamation and
enforcement; mining education and research; Federal mineral
leasing; Outer Continental Shelf leasing; Naval oil shale
reserves; National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska; and deep seabed
mining.
HEARINGS
The Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining held
four legislative hearings during the 118th Congress.
July 12, 2023
Legislative hearing on:
S. 173, a bill to provide for the
designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation
management areas, and conservation areas in the State
of Colorado, and for other purposes;
S. 177, a bill 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, a bill to withdraw certain Federal
land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New
Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes;
S. 455, a bill 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, and for other purposes;
S. 554, a bill 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, and for other purposes;
S. 567, a bill to provide for conservation
and economic development in the State of Nevada, and
for other purposes;
S. 569, a bill to direct the Secretary of
Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System
land to the State of South Dakota, and for other
purposes;
S. 609, a bill to withdraw the National
Forest System land in the Ruby Mountain 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, a bill 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 publically available geographic
information system mapping data relating to public
access to Federal land and waters for outdoor
recreation, and for other purposes;
S. 1008, a bill 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, a bill 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, and
for other purposes;
S. 1128, a bill 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, and for other purposes;
S. 1222, a bill to designate and adjust
certain lands in the State of Utah as components of the
National Wilderness System, and for other purposes; and
S. 1686, a bill to amend the Wilderness Act
to allow local Federal officials to determine the
manner in which nonmotorized uses may be permitted in
wilderness areas, and for other purposes. S. Hrg. 118-
285.
October 25, 2023
Legislative hearing on:
S. 175, to codify certain public land orders
relating to the revocation of certain withdrawals of
public land in the State of Alaska;
S. 297, to amend the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 to authorize certain
construction activities on public lands, and for other
purposes;
S. 1348, to redesignate land within certain
wilderness study areas in the State of Wyoming, and for
other purposes;
S. 1719, to amend the Health Forests
Restoration Act of 2003 to establish emergency fireshed
management areas, and for other purposes;
S. 1764, to improve Federal activities
relating to wildfires, and for other purposes;
S. 1889, to provide for the recognition of
certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of
certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act, and for other purposes;
S. 2132, to require the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish a pilot program for the
establishment and use of a pre-fire-suppression stand
density index, and for other purposes;
S. 2151, to amend the Southwest Forest
Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require
the establishment of an additional Institute under that
Act;
S. 2581, to extend the Secure Rural Schools
and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000;
S. 2615, to amend the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act to provide that Village Corporations
shall not be required to convey land in trust to the
State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal
Corporations, and for other purposes;
S. 2855, to modernize and streamline the
permitting process for broadband infrastructure on
Federal land, and for other purposes;
S. 2867, to address the forest health crisis
on the National Forest System and public lands, and for
other purposes;
S. 2991, to improve revegetation and carbon
sequestration activities in the United States, and for
other purposes;
S. 3033, to withdraw certain Federal land in
the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico
from mineral entry, and for other purposes;
S. 3036, to require the Secretary of the
Interior to convey to the State of Utah certain Federal
land under the administrative jurisdiction of the
Bureau of Land Management within the boundaries of Camp
Williams, Utah, and for other purposes;
S. 3044, to redesignate the Mount Evans
Wilderness as the ``Mount Blue Sky Wilderness'', and
for other purposes;
S. 3045, to provide for the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land
in the State of California, and for other purposes;
S. 3046/H.R. 3324, to extend the authority
to collect Shasta-Trinity Marina fees through fiscal
year 2029;
S. 3062, to provide for the removal of
small-diameter trees in fire hazard areas, and for
other purposes; and
S. 3079, to establish a policy regarding
appraisal and valuation services for real property for
a transaction over which the Secretary of the Interior
has jurisdiction, and for other purposes. S. Hrg. 118-
311.
December 12, 2023
Legislative hearing on:
S. 1281, to amend the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993 to provide for security of
tenure for use of mining claims for ancillary
activities; and
S. 1742, to modify the requirements
applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land.
S. Hrg. 118-316.
June 12, 2024
Legislative hearing on:
S. 2156, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to
authorize additional entities to be eligible to
complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the
Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness,
Colorado;
S. 3123, to provide for the standardization,
consolidation, and publication of data relating to
public outdoor recreational use of federal waterways
among federal land and water management agencies, and
for other purposes;
S. 3148, to prohibit the use of funds by the
Secretary of the Interior to finalize and implement
certain travel management plans in the State of Utah;
S. 3322, to allow holders of certain grazing
permits to make minor range improvements and to require
that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
the Interior respond to requests for range improvements
within 30 days, and for other purposes;
S. 3346, 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, and for other purposes;
S. 3593, to provide for economic development
and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, and for
other purposes;
S. 3596, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to
amend references of gilsonite to asphaltite;
S. 3617, to provide equitable treatment for
the people of the Village Corporation established for
the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other
purposes;
S. 3790, to make additional Federal public
land available for selection under the Alaska Native
Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for
other purposes;
S. 3870, to amend the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act to expand eligibility for
certain financial assistance for the acquisition of
slip-on tanker units for wildland firefighting;
S. 3985, to amend the Colorado Wilderness
Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek
Wilderness, and for other purposes;
S. 4310, to exchange non-Federal land held
by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal
Land in the Chugach Region, and for other purposes;
S. 4424, a bill to direct the Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to
encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land
managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest
Service, with an emphasis on units of the National
Forest System in the western United States, to
acknowledge and support the longstanding use of
cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous
practitioners, and for other purposes;
S. 4431, to reinstate the Bull Mountains
Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes;
S. 4432, to allow certain Federal minerals
to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining
Plan Modification;
S. 4449, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act to designate certain river segments in the State of
Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic
Rivers System, and for other purposes;
S. 4451, to require the Secretary of the
Interior to enter into an agreement with the National
Academy of Sciences to carry out a study on reservation
systems for Federal land;
S. 4454, to provide for the establishment of
an Operational Flexibility Grazing Management Program
on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and
for other purposes;
S. 4456, to amend the Granger-Thye Act to
modify the maximum term for certain special use permits
for housing; and
S. 4457, to provide for conservation and
economic development in the State of Nevada, and for
other purposes. S. Hrg. 118-394.
Subcommittee on Water and Power
RON WYDEN, Oregon, Chair
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada MIKE LEE, Utah
JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, Colorado JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
ALEX PADILLA, California BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
Joe Manchin III and John Barrasso were Ex Officio Members of the
Subcommittee.
Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona served on the Subcommittee until October
17, 2023. The Committee appointed Senator Padilla to fill the vacancy
left by Senator Kelly on December 14, 2023.
JURISDICTION
The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and
legislative responsibilities for: irrigation; reclamation
projects, including related flood control purposes; power
marketing administrations (e.g., Bonneville Power, Southwestern
Power, Western Area Power, Southeastern Power); energy
development impacts on water resources; groundwater resources
and management; hydroelectric power; low head hydro; and
energy-related aspects of deep-water ports.
HEARINGS
The Subcommittee on Water and Power held four hearings
during the 118th Congress.
July 19, 2023
Legislative hearing on:
S. 461, to make certain irrigation districts
eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping
power, and for other purposes;
S. 482, to amend the Klamath Basin Water
Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to provide the Secretary
of the Interior with certain authorities with respect
to projects affecting the Klamath Basin watershed, and
for other purposes;
S. 739, to clarify jurisdiction with respect
to certain Bureau of Reclamation pumped storage
development, and for other purposes;
S. 1118, to establish the Open Access
Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program;
S. 1215, to require assessments of
opportunities to install and maintain floating
photovoltaic solar panels at Bureau of Reclamation and
Corps of Engineers projects, and for other purposes;
S. 1521, to amend the Federal Power Act to
modernize and improve the licensing of non-Federal
hydropower projects, and for other purposes;
S. 1662, to direct the Secretary of the
Interior to convey to the Midvale Irrigation District
the Pilot Butte Power Plant in the State of Wyoming,
and for other purposes;
S. 1955, to amend the Central Utah Project
Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the
conduct of certain water conservation measures in the
Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes;
S. 2102, to provide for drought preparedness
and improved water supply reliability;
S. 2160, to amend the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain
extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban
canals of concern;
S. 2161, to provide financial assistance for
projects to address certain subsidence impacts in the
State of California, and for other purposes;
S. 2162, to support water infrastructure in
Reclamation States, and for other purposes;
S. 2166, to amend the Reclamation States
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 and the Omnibus
Public Land Management Act of 2009 to provide grants to
States and Indian Tribes for programs to voluntarily
repurpose agricultural land to reduce consumptive water
use, and for other purposes;
S. 2169, to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to carry out watershed pilots, and for other
purposes;
S. 2202, to amend the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 to authorize the modification of
transferred works to increase public benefits and other
project benefits as part of extraordinary operation and
maintenance work, and for other purposes; and
S. 2247, to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to continue to implement endangered fish
recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan
River Basins, and for other purposes. S. Hrg. 118-287.
September 20, 2023
Oversight hearing to examine drought impacts on drinking
water access and water availability S. Hrg. 118-290.
April 10, 2024
Oversight hearing to examine the federal and nonfederal
role of assessing cyber threats to and vulnerabilities of
critical water infrastructure in our energy sector. S. Hrg.
118-327.
September 11, 2024
Legislative hearing on:
S. 2927, to amend the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 to increase Tribal access to
water conservation and efficiency grants, and for other
purposes;