United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for legislation and oversight of the natural and built environment and for studying matters concerning environmental protection and resource conservation and utilitization.

Jurisdiction
In accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects is referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is also charged to "study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental protection and resource utilization and conservation, and report thereon from time to time."
 * 1) Air pollution;
 * 2) Construction and maintenance of highways;
 * 3) Environmental aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands;
 * 4) Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than pesticides;
 * 5) Environmental policy;
 * 6) Environmental research and development;
 * 7) Fisheries and wildlife;
 * 8) Flood control and improvements of rivers and harbors, including environmental aspects of deepwater ports;
 * 9) Noise pollution;
 * 10) Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of nuclear energy;
 * 11) Ocean dumping;
 * 12) Public buildings and improved grounds of the United States generally, including Federal buildings in the District of Columbia;
 * 13) Public works, bridges, and dams;
 * 14) Regional economic development;
 * 15) Solid waste disposal and recycling;
 * 16) Water pollution; and,
 * 17) Water resources.

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, 1838–1857

 * William S. Fulton (D-AR) 1838–1841
 * John Leeds Kerr (W-MD) 1841–1842
 * William L. Dayton (W-NJ) 1842–1845
 * Simon Cameron (D-PA) 1845–1846
 * Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1846–1847
 * Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) 1847–1851
 * James Whitcomb (D-IN) 1851–1852
 * Charles James (D-RI) 1852–1853
 * James Bayard (D-DE) 1853–1857

Chairmen of the Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1857–1883

 * Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1857–1861
 * Solomon Foot (R-VT) 1861–1866
 * B. Gratz Brown (R-MO) 1866–1867
 * William P. Fessenden (R-ME) 1867–1869
 * Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) 1869–1878
 * Henry Dawes (R-MA) 1878–1879
 * Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 1879–1881
 * Edward H. Rollins (R-NH) 1881–1883

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1883–1947

 * William Mahone (R-VA) 1883–1887
 * Leland Stanford (R-CA) 1887–1893
 * George Vest (D-MO) 1893–1895
 * Matthew S. Quay (R-PA) 1895–1899
 * Charles W. Fairbanks (R-IN) 1899–1905
 * Francis E. Warren (R-WY) 1905
 * Nathan B. Scott (R-WV) 1905–1911
 * George Sutherland (R-UT) 1911–1913
 * Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) 1913–1918
 * James A. Reed (D-MO) 1918–1919
 * Bert M. Fernald (R-ME) 1919–1926
 * Irvine L. Lenroot (R-WI) 1926–1927
 * Henry W. Keyes (R-NH) 1927–1933
 * Tom Connally (D-TX) 1933–1942
 * Francis Maloney (D-CT) 1942–1945
 * Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) 1945–1947

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Works, 1947–1977

 * Chapman Revercomb (R-WV) 1947–1949
 * Dennis Chavez (D-NM) 1949–1953
 * Edward Martin (R-PA) 1953–1955
 * Dennis Chavez (D-NM) 1955–1962
 * Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI) 1962–1966
 * Jennings Randolph (D-WV) 1966–1977

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, 1977–present

 * Jennings Randolph (D-WV) 1977–1981
 * Robert T. Stafford (R-VT) 1981–1987
 * Quentin N. Burdick (D-ND) 1987–1992
 * Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) 1992–1993
 * Max Baucus (D-MT) 1993–1995
 * John H. Chafee (R-RI) 1995–1999
 * Bob Smith (R-NH) 1999–2001
 * Harry Reid (D-NV) 2001
 * Bob Smith (R-NH) 2001
 * Jim Jeffords (I-VT) 2001–2003
 * James Inhofe (R-OK) 2003–2007
 * Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 2007–2015
 * James Inhofe (R-OK) 2015-2017
 * John Barrasso (R-WY) 2017–2021
 * Tom Carper (D-DE) 2021–present

117th Congress

 * Subcommittees

116th Congress

 * Subcommittees

114th Congress
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