United States House Committee on Natural Resources

House Natural Resources Committee

Standing committee
Active United States House of Representatives 118th Congress
History
Formed	1991
Succeeded	Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Formerly known as	Committee on Resources
Leadership
Chair	Bruce Westerman (R) Since January 3, 2023
Ranking member	Raúl Grijalva (D) Since January 4, 2023
Structure
Seats	45
Political parties	Majority (25)   Republican (25) Minority (20)   Democratic (20)
Jurisdiction
Policy areas	Energy development, mining, mineral rights, wildlife, fisheries, public lands, oceans, Native Americans
Oversight authority	Department of Energy
Senate counterpart	Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittees
Energy and Mineral Resources Indigenous Peoples of the United States National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Oversight and Investigations Water, Oceans and Wildlife
Meeting place
1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515
Website
naturalresources.house.gov democrats-naturalresources.house.gov
Rules
Rule X.1(m), Rules of the House of Representatives (118th Congress) Rules for the Committee on Natural Resources (118th Congress)

The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources or Natural Resources Committee (often referred to as simply Resources) is a Congressional committee of the United States House of Representatives. Originally called the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (1951), the name was changed to the Committee on Natural Resources in 1991. The name was shortened to the Committee on Resources in 1995 by the new chairman, Don Young (at the same time, the committee took over the duties of the now-defunct Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee). Following the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives in 2006, the name of the committee was changed back to its title used between 1991 and 1995.^[1]