Committee on Environment and Public Works

19 members · 1 upcoming meetings · 248 referred bills

Leadership

• Chair: Shelley Moore Capito
• Ranking member: Sheldon Whitehouse

Upcoming and recent meetings

• Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Scheduled · Jun 10, 2026, 2:00 PM
• Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Federal Highway Administration. Scheduled · Jun 3, 2026, 2:00 PM
• Hearings to examine S.4529, to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow the use of commercial-grade steel and concrete in non-safety-related structures at nuclear power plants, and proposed legislation entitled, "RECHARGE Act", and "Enrichment Licensing Modernization Act". Scheduled · May 20, 2026, 1:45 PM
• Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Scheduled · May 13, 2026, 2:00 PM
• Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Environmental Protection Agency. Scheduled · Apr 29, 2026, 6:30 PM
• Hearings to examine restoration efforts in the Great Lakes Region, including S.528, to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Scheduled · Apr 15, 2026, 2:00 PM
• Hearings to examine challenges and opportunities with implementing the Endangered Species Act. Scheduled · Mar 18, 2026, 2:00 PM
• Hearings to examine S.3135, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to authorize manufacturers of certain vehicles to suspend engine derate or shutdown functions in prolonged cold weather conditions. Scheduled · Mar 11, 2026, 2:00 PM

Referred bills

• SJRES 188 · A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units: Final Repeal". Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 53. Record Vote Number: 135. (CR S2509) · Jun 3, 2026
• S 4664 · A bill to authorize the Safer Choice Program within the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · Jun 2, 2026
• S 4619 · Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · May 21, 2026
• S 4529 · Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act of 2026 Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety. Hearings held. · May 20, 2026
• S 4603 · Golden Mussel Eradication and Control Act of 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · May 20, 2026
• S 4571 · Tropospheric Ozone Research Act of 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · May 19, 2026
• S 4536 · Protecting America's Drinking Water from Extreme Temperatures Act of 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · May 14, 2026
• S 4543 · Extinction Prevention Act of 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · May 14, 2026
• S 4488 · Safe Bus Routes to School Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · May 12, 2026
• S 4484 · I–47 Future Interstate Act of 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · May 11, 2026
• S 4451 · Wildlife Health Coordination and Zoonotic Disease Prevention Act of 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · Apr 30, 2026
• S 4459 · Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · Apr 30, 2026