United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests is one of four subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Jurisdiction

This subcommittee's jurisdiction 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.

Majority	Minority
John Barrasso, Wyoming, Chairman Jim Risch, Idaho Mike Lee, Utah Jeff Flake, Arizona Lamar Alexander, Tennessee John Hoeven, North Dakota Shelley Capito, West Virginia Steve Daines, Montana Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Cory Gardner, Colorado	Ron Wyden, Oregon, Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Al Franken, Minnesota Joe Manchin, West Virginia Martin Heinrich, New Mexico Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts
Ex officio
Lisa Murkowski, Alaska	Maria Cantwell, Washington

Current United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittees

Energy National Parks Public Lands, Forests and Mining Water and Power

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)	Aging (Special) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Ethics (Select) Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Intelligence (Select) Judiciary Narcotics (Caucus) Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs

House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Benghazi (Select) Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Standing committees, Defunct committees

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