Public lands and their management, national parks, mineral resources and mining, irrigation and reclamation, the Geological Survey, fisheries and wildlife, oceanography and coastal zone management, insular areas, and Native American, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native affairs.
House Committee on Natural Resources has 45 members, made up of 25 Republicans and 20 Democrats. Bruce Westerman chairs it. Jared Huffman is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. House committee assignments are made at the start of each 2-year Congress, so membership can change substantially after every general election. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.
Jurisdiction source: House Rule X
How business reaches this committee
House Rule X gives this committee the subjects above. Each bill introduced in the House is referred to the committee whose Rule X jurisdiction covers its primary subject, and a bill that spans several subjects can go to more than one committee at once. This committee then decides whether to hold hearings, amend the text and report it to the floor.
Subcommittees
The committee divides its work among 5 subcommittees:
- Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries
Who serves on it
45 members sit on the committee: 25 Republicans and 20 Democrats. That gives the majority 25 of the 45 seats. Bruce Westerman is the chair. Robert J. Wittman is the vice chair. Jared Huffman is the ranking member. They hold 43 district seats and 2 delegate seats, and each seat has its own page on this site.
Following its work
Hearing notices, markup schedules, witness lists and published reports live on the committee’s own site, linked at the top of this page. The full member list below links to each member’s page here, with contact details and the seat they hold. For background on how seats and chairs are handed out, read How congressional committees work. For what happens to a bill after a committee reports it, read How a bill becomes law. To look up who represents a particular place, start at Browse all 435 districts.
Members
- Bruce WestermanRArkansas 4Chair
- Robert J. WittmanRVirginia 1Vice Chair
- Jared HuffmanDCalifornia 2Ranking Member
- Adam GrayDCalifornia 13
- Addison P. McDowellRNorth Carolina 6
- Adelita S. GrijalvaDArizona 7
- Aumua Amata Coleman RadewagenRAmerican Samoa delegate
- Celeste MaloyRUtah 2
- Cliff BentzROregon 2
- Daniel WebsterRFlorida 11
- Darren SotoDFlorida 9
- Dave MinDCalifornia 47
- Debbie DingellDMichigan 6
- Emily RandallDWashington 6
- Harriet M. HagemanRWyoming at-large
- Jared F. GoldenDMaine 2
- Jeff CrankRColorado 5
- Jeff HurdRColorado 3
- Jennifer A. KiggansRVirginia 2
- Joe NeguseDColorado 2
- Julia BrownleyDCalifornia 26
- Lauren BoebertRColorado 4
- Luz M. RivasDCalifornia 29
- Mark E. AmodeiRNevada 2
- Maxine DexterDOregon 3
- Melanie A. StansburyDNew Mexico 1
- Mike CollinsRGeorgia 10
- Mike EzellRMississippi 4
- Mike KennedyRUtah 3
- Nicholas J. Begich IIIRAlaska at-large
- Pablo José HernándezDPuerto Rico resident commissioner
- Paul A. GosarRArizona 9
- Pete StauberRMinnesota 8
- Russ FulcherRIdaho 1
- Sarah ElfrethDMaryland 3
- Seth MagazinerDRhode Island 2
- Susie LeeDNevada 3
- Teresa Leger FernandezDNew Mexico 3
- Thomas P. TiffanyRWisconsin 7
- Tim WalbergRMichigan 5
- Tom McClintockRCalifornia 5
- Troy DowningRMontana 2
- Val T. HoyleDOregon 4
- Wesley HuntRTexas 38
- Yassamin AnsariDArizona 3
45 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.