Environment and Public Works Committee
U.S. Senate•Standing
Summary
Environment and Public Works is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate with 4 subcommittees and 18 members. It has 282 bills before it this session and has held 22 hearings.
Chair
Chair: Sen. Shelley Capito (R-WV). Ranking Member: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). Online at epw.senate.gov/public.
Environment and Public Works has 282 bills, 67 meetings and 0 reports on the record this session.
Members
18 members sit on Environment and Public Works, 9 in the majority and 9 in the minority; Shelley Capito is Chair and Sheldon Whitehouse is Ranking Member.
Subcommittees
The committee's work is divided among 4 subcommittees.
Bills
282 bills have been referred to Environment and Public Works this session, and 267 of them are still in committee.
Meetings
Environment and Public Works has 45 meetings on the calendar.
Nominations
25 nominations have been referred to Environment and Public Works this Congress.
Communications
472 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Environment and Public Works this Congress.
Lobbying
592 clients and 463 firms named 190 of the bills referred to Environment and Public Works in 2,082 quarterly filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Registrants filing on those bills, and the bills they named most.
The bills most often named.
History
The committee has carried 2 names since Aug 2, 1946, established by 60 S 2177.