What is House Committee on Natural Resources working on?

Recent hearings

• Legislative hearing on: • H.R. 528 (Rep. Pettersen), “Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act of 2025” • H.R. 655 (Rep. Bentz), “The Dalles Watershed Development Act” • H.R. 1276 (Rep. Comer), To remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky. • H.R. 2876 (Rep. Moore of UT), “University of Utah Research Park Act.”

  Apr 29, 2025

  Hearing

• Oversight Hearing titled “Unleashing America’s Mineral Potential: The Critical Mineral Commodity Supply Chain.”

  Mar 25, 2026

  Hearing

• Legislative hearing on five bills: • H.R. 926 (Rep. Cohen), “Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act” • H.R. 3922 (Rep. Neguse), “Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act” • H.R. 4038 (Rep. Kim of CA), “Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025” • H.R. 4684 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Star-Spangled Summit Act of 2025” • H.R. 6300 (Rep. Hageman), “Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025”

  Jan 14, 2026

  Hearing

• Oversight hearing titled "Fixing Our Forests: How Improved Land Management Can Protect Communities in the Wildland-Urban Interface"

  May 15, 2025

  Hearing

• Legislative hearing on four bills: • H.R. 6778 (Rep. Beyer), “Parkway Safety and Reinvestment Act” • H.R. 7618 (Rep. Kiggans), “American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026” • H.R. 7951 (Rep. Valadao), “Long-Term Good Neighbor Authority Act” • H.R. 7979 (Rep. Crank), “Public Lands Access Restoration Act”

  Mar 26, 2026

  Hearing

Bills in committee

• HR 5682: To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.

  Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] · Oct 3, 2025

  Active
• HR 4684: Star-Spangled Summit Act of 2026

  Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] · Jul 23, 2025

  Active
• HR 4463: To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.

  Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] · Jul 16, 2025

  Active
• HR 2768: Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026

  Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] · Apr 9, 2025

  Active
• HR 2252: North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2026

  Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-ND-At Large] · Mar 21, 2025

  Active
• HR 1352: To designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

  Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] · Feb 13, 2025

  Active
• HR 41: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

  Rep. Begich, Nicholas [R-AK-At Large] · Jan 3, 2025

  Active
• HR 8188: To remove certain limitations with respect to road grading under Tribal transportation programs and study the impacts of such removal, and for other purposes.

  Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] · Apr 2, 2026

  In Committee

Jurisdiction

The House Committee on Natural Resources considers legislation about American energy production, mineral lands and mining, fisheries and wildlife, public lands, oceans, Native Americans, irrigation and reclamation.