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

US Senate subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

The United States 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.

Members, 118th Congress

Majority Minority
  • Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada, Chair
  • Ron Wyden, Oregon
  • Martin Heinrich, New Mexico
  • Mazie Hirono, Hawaii
  • Angus King, Maine
  • Mark Kelly, Arizona
  • John Hickenlooper, Colorado
Ex officio

See also

External links

  • U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, official web site
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