United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Senate Energy Committee

Standing committee
Active United States Senate 118th Congress
History
Formed	February 4, 1977
Succeeded	Committee on Public Lands Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Leadership
Chair	Joe Manchin (I) Since February 3, 2021
Ranking member	John Barrasso (R) Since February 3, 2021
Structure
Seats	19 members
Political parties	Majority (10)   Democratic (7)   Independent (3) Minority (9)   Republican (9)
Jurisdiction
Policy areas	Alaska Natives, Coal mining, Energy industry, Federal lands, Hydrocarbon exploration, Hydroelectricity, Irrigation, Insular areas, Mining, Natural resource management, Nuclear power, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, Reclamation, Renewable energy, Territorial possessions, Water resources
Oversight authority	Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Bonneville Power Administration, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Energy Information Administration, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Insular Affairs, National Nuclear Security Administration, National Park Service, Southeastern Power Administration, Southwestern Power Administration, Western Area Power Administration, United States Forest Service, United States Geological Survey
House counterpart	House Committee on Energy and Commerce, House Committee on Natural Resources, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Subcommittees
Energy National Parks Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Water and Power
Meeting place
304 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C.
Website
www.energy.senate.gov
Rules
Rule XXV.1.(g), Standing Rules of the Senate Rules of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over matters related to energy and mineral resources, including nuclear development; irrigation and reclamation, territorial possessions of the United States, trust lands appertaining to America's indigenous peoples, and the conservation, use, and disposition of federal lands. Its roots go back to the Committee on Interior and Insulars Affairs. In 1977, it became the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and most matters regarding Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians were removed from its jurisdiction and transferred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.