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Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Summary

Energy and Natural Resources is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate with 4 subcommittees and 20 members. It has 440 bills before it this session, has held 25 hearings and has filed 8 reports.


Chair

Chair: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). Ranking Member: Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM). Online at www.energy.senate.gov/public.

Energy and Natural Resources has 440 bills, 74 meetings and 8 reports on the record this session.

Members

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20 members sit on Energy and Natural Resources, 11 in the majority and 9 in the minority; Mike Lee is Chair and Martin Heinrich is Ranking Member.

Mike Lee
Mike Lee
R–UT · Chair
John Barrasso
John Barrasso
R–WY · Member
James Risch
James Risch
R–ID · Member
Steve Daines
Steve Daines
R–MT · Member
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
R–AR · Member
David McCormick
David McCormick
R–PA · Member

Subcommittees

The committee's work is divided among 4 subcommittees.

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

Bills

440 bills have been referred to Energy and Natural Resources this session, and 378 of them are still in committee.

Nothing introduced before Energy and Natural Resources this session.

Meetings

Energy and Natural Resources has 49 meetings on the calendar.

July 2026
Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Business meeting to consider S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for 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.764, to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S.791, to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park System, S.888, 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, S.945, 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, S.1005, to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, S.1088, to provide that the memorial to commemorate the sacrifice and service of the women who worked on the home front to support the efforts of the United States military during World War II may be located on the National Mall, S.1195, to promote conservation, improve public land management, and provide for sensible development in Pershing County, Nevada, S.1257, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, S.1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.1349, 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.1476, 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, S.1737, 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, S.1777, to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the "Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center", S.1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, S.2498, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend certain leases within units of the National Park System without opening the lease to bidding, S.2767 and H.R.5254, bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation to host private events in Gateway Arch National Park buildings, S.2801, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating the Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area, S.2887, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, S.2933, to redesignate a playground in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in the State of West Virginia as the "Hearts of Gold Playground: In Honor of West Virginia Children and Families Impacted by Childhood Cancer", S.2968, to ensure access to certain public land, S.3194, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in California as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area, S.3313 and H.R.6365, bills to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of Virginia, S.3409, to reaffirm that the Bureau of Reclamation retains exclusive ownership, operational control, and financial responsibility for the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel, ensuring long-term conservation of the endangered pallid sturgeon and other native aquatic species in the Yellowstone River while protecting the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project and District from undue financial and operational burdens, S.3635 and H.R. 7250, bills to reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000, S.3715 and H.R.6380, bills to establish the Chiricahua N

Jul 29, 2026 · 9:30 AM

Open Business Meeting

Reports

Energy and Natural Resources has filed 8 reports and issued 1 print this Congress.

CitationTitleBillIssued
S. Rept. 119-106CRITICAL MINERAL CONSISTENCY ACT DESIGNATIONS. 714Feb 11, 2026
S. Rept. 119-104SKI HILL RESOURCES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTS. 472Feb 11, 2026
S. Rept. 119-105MINING REGULATORY CLARITY ACTS. 544Feb 11, 2026
S. Rept. 119-103BULL MOUNTAINS MINING PLAN MODIFICATIONS. 362Feb 11, 2026
S. Rept. 119-107LA PAZ COUNTY SOLAR ENERGY AND JOB CREATION ACTS. 909Feb 11, 2026
S. Rept. 119-108UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH PARK ACTS. 1453Feb 11, 2026
S. Rept. 119-109LA PAZ COUNTY SOLAR ENERGY AND JOB CREATION ACTH.R. 1043Feb 11, 2026
S. Rept. 119-7HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND A SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES DURING THE 118TH CONGRESSMar 31, 2025

Nominations

33 nominations have been referred to Energy and Natural Resources this Congress.

Communications

140 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Energy and Natural Resources this Congress.

Lobbying

599 clients and 460 firms named 305 of the bills referred to Energy and Natural Resources in 2,082 quarterly filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.

Registrants filing on those bills, and the bills they named most.

The bills most often named.

BillTitleFilings
H.R. 1047GRID Power Act155
S. 4795FREEDOM Act116
H.R. 3616Reliable Power Act110
S. 902Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025106
H.R. 4626Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act101
S. 544Mining Regulatory Clarity Act93
H.R. 3062Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act92
H.R. 3632Power Plant Reliability Act of 202589
H.R. 3638Electric Supply Chain Act79
H.R. 3657Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act78

History

The committee has carried 5 names since Dec 10, 1816, established by 14 Senate Journal 38.

NameFromToAuthority
Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesFeb 4, 1977Present95 S Res 4
Committee on Interior and Insular AffairsJan 1, 1948Feb 4, 197780 S Res 179
Committee on Public LandsAug 2, 1946Jan 1, 194860 S 2177
Committee on Public Lands and SurveysApr 18, 1921Aug 2, 194667 S Res 43
Committee on Public LandsDec 10, 1816Apr 18, 192114 Senate Journal 38