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.

Majority	Minority
Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada, Chair Ron Wyden, Oregon Martin Heinrich, New Mexico Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Angus King, Maine John Hickenlooper, Colorado Alex Padilla, California	Mike Lee, Utah, Ranking Member Jim Risch, Idaho Steve Daines, Montana Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Josh Hawley, Missouri
Ex officio
Joe Manchin, West Virginia	John Barrasso, Wyoming

^ Sens. King and Manchin are Independents, but caucus with Democrats on the committee.

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

Senate (list)

Other

House (list)

Standing	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Accountability Rules Science, Space, and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)
Other	Intelligence (permanent select) Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (select)

Commission
assignments

Joint	Capitol Historical Society (advisory group) China COVID-19 Oversight Cyberspace Solarium Security and Cooperation in Europe
House	Democracy Partnership Human Rights

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