Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife

Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Chair

Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

Mike Braun (R-IN)

Dan Sullivan (R-AK)

John Boozman (R-AR)

Roger Wicker (R-MS)

Richard Shelby (R-AL)

Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ranking Member

Ben Cardin (D-MD)

Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

Fish and Wildlife Issues
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• National Wildlife Refuges
• Endangered Species Act (ESA)
• Lacey Act
• Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (Pittman-Robertson)
• Coastal Barrier Resources Act
• Invasive Species
• Sportsmen’s issues
• Fisheries and wildlife

Water Issues
• Clean Water Act, including wetlands
• Safe Drinking Water Act
• Ocean dumping
• Water pollution
• Environmental aspects of Outer Continental Shelf Lands

July 2017

Date	Title
7/20/17	Innovative Financing and Funding: Addressing America’s Crumbling Water Infrastructure

March 2017

Date	Title
3/28/17	Legislative Hearing on S. 518, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for technical assistance for small treatment works, S. 692, the “Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act of 2017” and S. 675, the “Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act"

October 2016

Date	Title
10/20/16	Examining the Impacts of the Federal African Elephant Ivory Ban and Related State Laws

September 2016

Date	Title
9/21/16	Reviewing the Proposed Revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy

May 2016

Date	Title
5/24/16	Erosion of Exemptions and Expansion of Federal Control –Implementation of the Definition of Waters of the United States
5/17/16	Marine Debris and Wildlife: Impacts, Sources, and Solutions

February 2016

Date	Title
2/9/16	Federal Interactions with State Management of Fish and Wildlife

September 2015

Date	Title
9/30/15	Oversight of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Participation in the Development of the New Regulatory Definition of “Waters of the United States”
9/29/15	Improving the Endangered Species Act: Perspectives from the Fish and Wildlife Service and State Governors

May 2015

Date	Title
5/19/15	Legislative Hearing on S. 1140, The Federal Water Quality Protection Act

Subcommittee Members

Republicans

Democrats

Jurisdiction

Hearings