Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

20 members · 2 upcoming meetings · 382 referred bills

Leadership

• Chair: Mike Lee
• Ranking member: Martin Heinrich

Upcoming and recent meetings

• Business meeting to consider S.140, to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, S.332, to require a study on Holocaust education efforts of States, local educational agencies, and public elementary and secondary schools, 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.789, to require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies, 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.1088 and H.R.2290, bills 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.1288, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New York, 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.1413, to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, 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.1547, to amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, 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.1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, S.2437 and H.R.3857, bills to amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act, S.2753, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern, S.3500 and H.R.3657, bills to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to annually submit to Congress a report on the status of ongoing hydropower relicensing applications, S.3518, to amend the Federal Power Act to address certain alterations in, and the maintenance and repair of, project works, to provide for the licensing of micro hydrokinetic energy projects, S.3526, to provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, S.3693, to extend the authorization for a large-scale water recycling and reuse grant program, S.3723, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water from the Missouri River to the Western Dakota Regional Water System, S.3732, to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to authorize assistance under the storage program, S.3736, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water to the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, S.3743, to direct the Secretary of Scheduled · Jun 10, 2026, 1:30 PM
• An oversight hearing to examine the Colorado river basin, including post-2026 operations negotiations. Scheduled · Jun 10, 2026, 2:00 PM
• Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the United States Forest Service. Scheduled · May 13, 2026, 1:30 PM
• Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Interior. Scheduled · Apr 29, 2026, 1:30 PM
• Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for the fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Energy. Scheduled · Apr 21, 2026, 1:30 PM
• Hearings to examine S.465, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, S.1327, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a shared savings incentive to return a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology, S.3034, to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system, S.3192, to require Transmission Organizations to allow aggregators of retail customers to submit to organized wholesale electric markets bids that aggregate demand flexibility of customers of certain utilities, S.3269, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a technology assessment focused on liquid cooling systems for artificial intelligence compute clusters and high-performance computing facilities, S.3947, to amend the Federal Power Act to establish a categorical exclusion for reconductoring within existing rights-of-way. Scheduled · Apr 15, 2026, 6:30 PM
• Hearings to examine the state of the bulk power system. Scheduled · Mar 25, 2026, 1:30 PM
• Hearings to examine Department of Energy's implementation of President Trump's May 2025 nuclear energy executive orders. Scheduled · Mar 19, 2026, 1:30 PM

Referred bills

• HR 4684 · Star-Spangled Summit Act of 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · May 20, 2026
• S 603 · A bill to designate the General George C. Marshall House in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes. Held at the desk. · May 20, 2026
• S 790 · A bill to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center". Held at the desk. · May 20, 2026
• HR 2815 · Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025 Became Public Law No: 119-93. · May 19, 2026
• HR 972 · Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act Became Public Law No: 119-91. · May 19, 2026
• S 4559 · Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act of 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · May 18, 2026
• S 4538 · Washington’s Trail—1753 National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · May 14, 2026
• S 4520 · LNG Export Security Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · May 13, 2026
• S 4489 · Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authorization Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · May 12, 2026
• S 1020 · A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects. Became Public Law No: 119-90. · May 11, 2026
• S 4458 · Caja del Rio Protection Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · Apr 30, 2026
• HR 5587 · HEATS Act Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · Apr 28, 2026