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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power is one of four subcommittees of the
U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Jurisdiction
This subcommittee's jurisdiction includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation, and formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and opera ...
irrigation and reclamation projects, including related flood control purposes; federal
power marketing administrations, (e.g.,
Bonneville Power Administration
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is an American federal agency operating in the Pacific Northwest. BPA was created by an act of Congress in 1937 to market electric power from the Bonneville Dam located on the Columbia River and to cons ...
,
Southwestern Power Administration
The Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy. Southwestern's mission was established by Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944. The agency is a power marketing administration responsible f ...
,
Western Area Power Administration,
Southeastern Power Administration The Southeastern Power Administration is a United States Power Marketing Administration with responsibility for marketing hydroelectric power from 23 water projects operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the states of West Virginia, Virg ...
); energy development impacts on water resources; groundwater resources and management; hydroelectric power; and energy related aspects of deepwater ports.
Members, 118th Congress
See also
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U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power
References
External links
U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power, official web site
Energy Senate Water and Power
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