Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Committee Contact Information
1036 Longworth House Office Building
Phone (202) 225-3481
Membership
Democrats
- Rep. Chellie Pingree, Ranking Member
- Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-04)
- Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-06)
- Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09)
Republicans
- Rep. Mike Simpson, Chair
- Rep. Mark Amodei
- Rep. Guy Reschenthaler
- Rep. Michael Cloud
- Rep. Ryan Zinke
- Rep. Jake Ellzey
- Rep. Chuck Edwards
Jurisdiction
- Department of the Interior (except Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project)
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Related Agencies
- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (HHS)
- Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children
- Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
- Commission of Fine Arts
- Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality
- Forest Service (USDA)
- Indian Health Service (HHS)
- Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs
- National Capital Planning Commission
- National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (except Institute of Museum and Library Services)
- National Gallery of Art
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Superfund-related activities) (HHS)
- Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
- Presidio Trust
- Smithsonian Institution
- Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment (USDA)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- United States Semiquincentennial Commission
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- World War I Centennial Commission
Recent Activity
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House Republicans released the draft fiscal year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation takes an aggressive anti-environment pro-pollution stance with a crippling 39 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and policy provisions that will endanger public health, strain the economy, and increase costs. The bill also slashes funding for arts programs and prohibits funding for the new National Museum of the American Latino and the operation of the existing Molina Family Latino Gallery, which will prevent the Smithsonian from highlighting the contributions of American Latinos in United States History and culture.
"I am pleased to see that your budget requests build on the historic investments made in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act to improve the resilience of landscapes, reduce wildfire risks, support clean energy development on Federal lands, and restore ecosystems."
"The EPA plays a very critical role in all of our lives. We witnessed this recently on a national scale, as critical cleanup work surrounding the disaster in East Palestine and the spill in the Delaware River continues right now. The EPA is central to cleaning up the contaminated water and lands that people rely on. Right now, parents in cities around these areas—even many miles away— do not know if they can turn the tap on out of fear. What are their kids going to drink? They are scared to breathe the air outside their homes. But the EPA has a key role in understanding the size and scale of these disasters and oversees the cleanup, making sure those responsible do not cut corners."
"The request proposes substantial increases to address the climate crisis through robust funding for the EPA’s science and technology and environmental programs. It makes important investments in environmental justice programs so that we can continue to address historic underinvestment in underserved and overburdened communities."