The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources oversees American energy production and mining on federal lands – both onshore and offshore. Republicans on the Subcommittee are committed to the environmentally responsible development of America’s vast energy and mineral resources that will expand our domestic energy supply, create new American jobs, lessen our dependence on foreign sources of energy and minerals, and generate revenue for federal and state treasuries.
Republicans support an all-of-the-above energy approach that includes alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, hydropower, biomass and nuclear, along with American-made oil, clean coal and natural gas.
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Did You Know?
- Opening up the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for drilling would generate 1.2 million jobs annually across the country, $8 trillion in economic output to the GDP, $2.2 trillion in total tax receipts and $70 billion in additional wages each year.
- In 2008, the average weekly salary in the private sector for a non-supervisory position was $613.05 – but the average oil field worker salary was more than double that, $1,120.06.
- According to the Minerals Information Institute, each American consumed 42,719 pounds of minerals last year.
- Only four percent of America’s federal mineral estate is currently being leased for oil and natural gas production.
- Behind corporate and personal income taxes, revenues generated from oil and gas bonus bids, rents and royalty programs are the largest source of revenue to the U.S. government.
Membership:
The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources consists of 25 Members, 14 Republicans and 11 Democrats.
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Doug Lamborn
Chairman
Colorado, 5th District
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Louie Gohmert
Texas, 1st District
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Paul C. Broun
Georgia, 10th District
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John Fleming
Louisiana, 4th District
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Mike Coffman
Colorado, 6th District
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Glenn 'GT' Thompson
Pennsylvania, 5th District
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Dan Benishek
Michigan, 1st District
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David Rivera
Florida, 25th District
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Jeff Duncan
South Carolina, 3rd District
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Paul Gosar
Arizona, 1st District
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Bill Flores
Texas, 17th District
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Jeff Landry
Louisiana, 3rd District
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Bill Johnson
Ohio, 6th District
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Mark Amodei
Nevada, 2nd District
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Doc Hastings
(ex-officio)
Washington, 4th District
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Rush Holt
Ranking Member
New Jersey, 12th District
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Peter DeFazio
Oregon, 4th District
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Madeleine Z. Bordallo
Guam, At-large
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Jim Costa
California, 20th District
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Dan Boren
Oklahoma, 2nd District
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Gregorio Kilili Sablan
Northern Mariana Islands, At-large
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Martin Heinrich
New Mexico, 1st District
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Betty Sutton
Ohio, 13th District
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Niki Tsongas
Massachusetts, 5th District
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Paul D. Tonko
New York, 21st District
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Vacancy
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Edward J. Markey
(ex-officio)
Massachusetts, 7th District
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Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee:
- All measures and matters concerning the U.S. Geological Survey, except for the activities and programs of the Water Resources Division or its successor.
- All measures and matters affecting geothermal resources.
- Conservation of United States uranium supply.
- Mining interests generally, including all matters involving mining regulation and enforcement, including the reclamation of mined lands, the environmental effects of mining, and the management of mineral receipts, mineral land laws and claims, long-range mineral programs and deep seabed mining.
- Mining schools, experimental stations and long-range mineral programs.
- Mineral resources on public lands.
- Conservation and development of oil and gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf.
- Petroleum conservation on the public lands and conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
- Measures and matters concerning the transportation of natural gas from or within Alaska and disposition of oil transported by the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
- Rights of way over public lands for underground energy-related transportation.
- 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.
Referred Legislation:
Recent Activity:
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Chairman Hastings Unveils Draft Legislation to Finalize the Helium Reserve Privatization, Address Impending Helium Shortages and Implement Free-Market Reforms
Dec 19, 2012 |
Press Release
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UPDATED: Chairman Hastings Announces Republican Members of the House Natural Resources Committee
Dec 14, 2012 |
Press Release
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Chairman Hastings' Op-Ed in The Hill: Federal helium program: Reforms need to address shortages, inject free-market principles
Dec 10, 2012 |
Op-Eds and Speeches
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Hastings Selected as Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee
Nov 28, 2012 |
Press Release
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 7: Oil Shale
Nov 2, 2012 |
Press Release
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 6: Renewable Energy
Nov 1, 2012 |
Press Release
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 5: Onshore Oil & Natural Gas
Oct 31, 2012 |
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 4: Alaska
Oct 26, 2012 |
Press Release
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President Obama Goes to Recycle Bin for Latest Offshore Lease Sale
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 3: War on Coal
Oct 25, 2012 |
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