The Committee on Resources, which oversees the U.S. Department of the Interior and other agencies, is charged with being a steward of our natural resources. The committee has broad responsibilities over national parks and monuments, forests, wildlife refuges, and the vast array of public lands and waters, including the oceans. The committee has specific interests in fish, wildlife, and marine mammals. The committee frequently balances conservation goals and interests against development activities such as oil and gas drilling, mining, logging and power production. The committee is responsible for many key environmental laws, including the Wilderness Act of 1964, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

The committee also has oversight of Native Americans and the insular areas of the United States, including the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as well as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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