United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

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The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment is a subcommittee within the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

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Jurisdiction

The subcommittee has jurisdiction over water conservation, pollution control, infrastructure, and hazardous waste cleanup, the civil works programs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Clean Water Act programs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Other agencies under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction include the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the International Boundary Water Commission, and certain programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Historical membership rosters

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