United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R) at an oversight hearing of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power.

The United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power is one of the five subcommittees within the House Natural Resources Committee

Jurisdiction

Generation and marketing of electric power from federal water projects by federally chartered or federal regional power marketing authorities.
All measures and matters concerning water resources planning conducted pursuant to the Water Resources Planning Act, water resource research and development programs and saline water research and development.
Compacts relating to the use and apportionment of interstate waters, water rights and major interbasin water or power movement programs.
All measures and matters pertaining to irrigation and reclamation projects and other water resources development and recycling programs, including policies and procedures.
Indian water rights and settlements.
Rights of way over public lands for energy-related transmission.
Fisheries management and fisheries research generally, including the management of all commercial and recreational fisheries (including the reauthorization of the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act), interjurisdictional fisheries, international fisheries agreements, aquaculture, seafood safety and fisheries promotion.
All matters pertaining to the protection of coastal and marine environments and estuarine protection and coastal barriers (except coastal zone management).
Oceanography
Ocean engineering, including materials, technology and systems.
Marine sanctuaries.
U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.
All matters regarding Antarctica within the Committee's jurisdiction.
Sea Grant programs and marine extension services.
Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve international programs for the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

Members, 114th Congress

Majority^[1]	Minority
John Fleming, Louisiana, Chairman Don Young, Alaska Rob Wittman, Virginia Tom McClintock, California Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming Jeff Duncan, South Carolina Paul Gosar, Arizona Doug LaMalfa, California Bradley Byrne, Alabama Jeff Denham, California Dan Newhouse, Washington Tom MacArthur, New Jersey	Jared Huffman, California, Ranking Member Grace Napolitano, California Jim Costa, California Ruben Gallego, Arizona Madeleine Bordallo, Guam Gregorio Sablan, Northern Mariana Islands^[2] Raul Ruiz, California Alan Lowenthal, California Norma Torres, California Debbie Dingell, Michigan
Ex officio
Rob Bishop, Utah	Raúl Grijalva, Arizona

External links

Official site

References

↑ "Chairman Bishop Announces Natural Resources Committee Republican Leadership, Subcommittee Assignments for 114th Congress". Committee on Natural Resources. January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
↑ Sablan is an Independent, but caucuses with the Democrats

Current United States House Natural Resources Subcommittees

Energy and Mineral Resources Federal Lands Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Oversight and Investigations Water, Power and Oceans

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