A Brief
Guide to the 110th Congress
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee
About
the Committee
Jurisdiction of the Senate Energy and Natural
Resources 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; and
ad hoc issues , which generally are issues that: 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 fully.
There are four subcommittees. The National
Parks Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities
for: the National Park System; the Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
the National Trails System; national recreation areas; national
monuments; historic sites; military parks and battlefields; the
Land and Water Conservation Fund; historic preservation; outdoor
recreation resources; and preservation of prehistoric ruins and
objects of interest on the public domain.
Committee
Members
Click here
for the list of members on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee as well as members of the National Parks Subcommittee
(PDF
format) .
For
More Information
Click here
for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee website.
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