The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety is a subcommittee of the
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
History
The subcommittee was formerly known as the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, but was renamed during committee organization of the 110th Congress, after responsibility over
global warming
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issues transferred to the Subcommittees on
Public Sector Solutions and
Subcommittee on Private Sector Solutions to Global Warming. The subcommittee still retains some inherent oversight over
global warming
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issues due to its jurisdiction over the federal
Clean Air Act.
Jurisdiction
*Clean Air Issues
** Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)
**
Clean Air Act
** Indoor Air
** Air pollution
*Nuclear Issues
**
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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** Nuclear Plant Safety
** Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of nuclear energy
*Other issues
**
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Members,
117th Congress
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References
External links
Official subcommittee Page
{{United States congressional committees
Air pollution organizations
Environment Clean Air