United States House Committee on Natural Resources

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. It was called the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (1951), but the name was changed to the Committee on Natural Resources in 1991.

They are in charge of anything relating to the wildlife, environment life, national parks, Native Americans and public lands in the country.[1][2]

The name was shortened to the Committee on Resources in 1995 by the new chairman, Don Young.

  1. "Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives - 404". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  2. McCarthy, Kevin (3 January 2017). "Text - H.Res.5 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress". congress.gov. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

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