United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies is one of twelve subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. It was formerly known as the Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, but was renamed to reflect its jurisdication over funding for federal environmental programs, and to more closely align the subcommittee with its counterpart on the House Appropriations Committee.
Jurisdiction
This subcommittee has jurisdiction over all Department of Interior discretionary spending (except the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) as well as the funding for the U.S. Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture. The oversees Native American programs, including the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. Finally, the subcommitte oversees independent agencies of the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency and several cultural and historical agencies such as the Smithsonian Institution.
The subcommittee previously had responsibility for several Department of Energy fossil energy programs, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Those programs were consolidated with the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee in 2005.
=Members, 110th Congress=
The Committee is currently chaired by Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California. The Ranking Minority Member Larry Craig temporarily stepped down from his position on August 29, 2007 at the request of Senate Republican leaders, due to an Ethics investigation. [http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0807/CNN_Craig_stepping_down_from_committee_assignments.html]
ee also
* United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
External links
* [http://appropriations.senate.gov/interior.cfm U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies official web site]
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