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Water pollution; and, Water resources. [1] The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is also charged to "study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental protection and resource utilization and conservation, and report thereon from time to time." [1]
Representative Kevin McCarthy (R) at an oversight hearing of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power In the 111th Congress , the number of subcommittees was reduced from 5 to 4. The Subcommittees on Insular Affairs and Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans were merged into the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife .
January 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM. California water control systems managed by the California Department of Water Resources. Photo: California Department of Water Resources ©California Department of ...
The Corps of Engineers is the primary federal agency with responsibility over "waters of the United States" that plans, designs, builds, and operates water resources and other civil works projects, [6] while the Bureau of Reclamation oversees federal dams, irrigation, and rural drinking water projects in the Western United States.
To manage the wide variety of issues it encounters, the committee relies on the front-line work of six subcommittees, one more than during the 111th Congress. During the 111th Congress, Chairman Henry Waxman combined the traditionally separate energy and environment subcommittees into a single subcommittee. [5]
Savannah-based Water Utility Management, a private company that supplies drinking water to 32,000 homes in 17 Georgia counties, pushed lawmakers to pass the bill.
January 3, 2025, 12 p.m. EST: Congress convenes.Members-elect of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives are sworn in. Mike Johnson was re-elected as speaker on the first ballot after initially not receiving enough votes on the roll call, with the vote remaining open until enough members changed votes to support him.
California is among nine U.S. states and territories selected to receive $60 million in federal funding for a climate-ready workforce.