United States House Energy Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals

Last updated March 31, 2024

The Energy Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Minerals is a subcommittee within the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Prior to 2009, it was known as the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials; it was part of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment from 2009 to 2011. In December 2010, Representative Fred Upton, the incoming chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee for the 112th Congress, announced his intention to establish the Environment and Economy Subcommittee as a separate subcommittee.^[1] In January 2023, new Chair of the full committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers amended the subcommittee's jurisdiction, transferring responsibility for climate policy to the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security, while adding broader manufacturing policy to the jurisdiction of this subcommittee.^[2]

Jurisdiction

According to its website the subcommittee dealt with the following; "All matters related to soil, air, and water contamination, including Superfund and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the regulation of solid, hazardous, and nuclear wastes, including mining, nuclear, oil, gas, and coal combustion waste; the Clean Air Act and air emissions; emergency environmental response; industrial plant security, including cybersecurity; the regulation of drinking water (Safe Drinking Water Act), including underground injection of fluids (e.g., deep well injection or hydrofracking); toxic substances (Toxic Substances Control Act); noise; and all aspects of the above-referenced jurisdiction related to the Department of Homeland Security."^[3]

Members, 118th Congress

Majority	Minority
Bill Johnson, Ohio, Chair John Joyce, Pennsylvania, Vice Chair Buddy Carter, Georgia Gary Palmer, Alabama Dan Crenshaw, Texas Randy Weber, Texas Rick Allen, Georgia Troy Balderson, Ohio Russ Fulcher, Idaho August Pfluger, Texas Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Iowa Jay Obernolte, California	Paul Tonko, New York, Ranking Member Diana DeGette, Colorado Jan Schakowsky, Illinois John Sarbanes, Maryland Yvette Clarke, New York Raul Ruiz, California Scott Peters, California Nanette Barragán, California
Ex officio
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington	Frank Pallone, New Jersey

Historical membership rosters

115th Congress

Majority	Minority
John Shimkus, Illinois, Chair David McKinley, West Virginia, Vice Chair Joe Barton, Texas Timothy F. Murphy, Pennsylvania Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Gregg Harper, Mississippi Pete Olson, Texas Bill Johnson, Ohio Bill Flores, Texas Richard Hudson, North Carolina Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Tim Walberg, Michigan Buddy Carter, Georgia	Paul Tonko, New York, Ranking Member Raul Ruiz, California Scott Peters, California Gene Green, Texas Diana DeGette, Colorado Jerry McNerney, California Tony Cárdenas, California Debbie Dingell, Michigan Doris Matsui, California
Ex officio
Greg Walden, Oregon	Frank Pallone, New Jersey

116th Congress

Majority	Minority
Paul Tonko, New York, Chair Yvette Clarke, New York Scott Peters, California Nanette Barragán, California Donald McEachin, Virginia Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware Darren Soto, Florida Diana DeGette, Colorado Jan Schakowsky, Illinois Doris Matsui, California Jerry McNerney, California Raul Ruiz, California Debbie Dingell, Michigan	John Shimkus, Illinois, Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington David McKinley, West Virginia Bill Johnson, Ohio Billy Long, Missouri Bill Flores, Texas Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma Buddy Carter, Georgia Jeff Duncan, South Carolina
Ex officio
Frank Pallone, New Jersey	Greg Walden, Oregon

117th Congress

Majority	Minority
Paul Tonko, New York, Chair^[4]^[5] Diana DeGette, Colorado Jan Schakowsky, Illinois John Sarbanes, Maryland Yvette Clarke, New York Raul Ruiz, California, Vice Chair Scott Peters, California Debbie Dingell, Michigan Nanette Barragán, California Donald McEachin, Virginia Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware Darren Soto, Florida Tom O'Halleran, Arizona	David McKinley, West Virginia, Ranking Member Bill Johnson, Ohio Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma Richard Hudson, North Carolina Buddy Carter, Georgia Jeff Duncan, South Carolina Gary Palmer, Alabama John Curtis, Utah Dan Crenshaw, Texas
Ex officio
Frank Pallone, New Jersey	Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington

External links

Official website

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References

↑ "Upton Announces Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Chairs and Vice Chairs". December 16, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
↑ "Chair Rodgers Announces Energy and Commerce Committee Leadership, Subcommittee Membership for the 118th Congress". House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
↑ "Environment (115th Congress)".
↑ "Pallone Announces Energy & Commerce Subcommittee Chairs and Democratic Roster". Democrats, Energy and Commerce Committee. January 15, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
↑ "Pallone Announces E&C Subcommittee Vice Chairs". Democrats, Energy and Commerce Committee. March 9, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

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[1] "Upton Announces Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Chairs and Vice Chairs". December 16, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.

[2] "Chair Rodgers Announces Energy and Commerce Committee Leadership, Subcommittee Membership for the 118th Congress". House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Retrieved January 27, 2023.

[3] "Environment (115th Congress)".

[4] "Pallone Announces Energy & Commerce Subcommittee Chairs and Democratic Roster". Democrats, Energy and Commerce Committee. January 15, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

[5] "Pallone Announces E&C Subcommittee Vice Chairs". Democrats, Energy and Commerce Committee. March 9, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

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