The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works has legislative jurisdiction on matters related to environmental protection, resource utilization and conservation, and public infrastructure.
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican • WV
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democrat • RI
Bernard Sanders
Independent • VT
Kevin Cramer
Republican • ND
Cynthia M. Lummis
Republican • WY
Jeff Merkley
Democrat • OR
Edward John Markey
Democrat • MA
John R. Curtis
Republican • UT
Mark Edward Kelly
Democrat • AZ
Alejandro Padilla
Democrat • CA
Daniel Scott Sullivan
Republican • AK
Adam Schiff
Democrat • CA
John Peter Ricketts
Republican • NE
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democrat • DE
Roger F. Wicker
Republican • MS
Angela Deneece Alsobrooks
Democrat • MD
John Boozman
Republican • AR
Jon Husted
Republican • OH
American Energy and Mineral Infrastructure Act of 2026
The bill prioritizes faster, more predictable permitting and longer, more consistent permits for infrastructure, industry, and mining—reducing delays and compliance costs for operators—while trimming state and judicial oversight and narrowing environmental and species protections, which shifts more environmental risk and enforcement burdens onto local communities and taxpayers.
End EPA Abuse Act of 2026
The bill prioritizes near-term grid reliability and protection of fossil‑fuel equipment and vehicle markets but does so by limiting EPA authority—reducing near-term regulatory disruption at the cost of slower emissions reductions, weaker public‑health protections, and less incentive for clean‑energy investment.
Farmers and Ranchers Relief Act of 2026
The bill speeds and lowers the cost of many development and dredge/fill projects and reduces permitting workload for agencies, but increases the risk of water pollution and habitat harm, shifts cleanup and treatment costs onto downstream communities and utilities, and weakens public oversight and regulators' mitigation tools.
Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2026
The bill speeds and clarifies EPA exceptional-event decisions and funds smoke-mitigation for schools and vulnerable communities, improving planning and indoor air safety — but risks weakening air-quality protections, delaying regulatory actions, and leaving many high-need communities without sufficient funding.
Water Resources Development Act of 2026
The bill accelerates and funds a wide range of water, wastewater, flood, and resilience projects — with increased support for disadvantaged communities, cybersecurity, and lead remediation — but does so at substantial federal cost and with provisions that reduce review flexibility and transfer some long‑term costs and implementation risks to local governments and communities.
Clean Water Allotment Modernization Act of 2026
The bill redirects and stabilizes federal water infrastructure funding toward measured needs (benefiting disadvantaged, tribal, and territorial systems and smoothing year-to-year swings) while reducing some federal reporting and shifting dollars away from certain high-population/urban systems and immediate construction funding, creating a trade-off between targeted equity and broader funding availability and transparency.
Remote Waste Storage Act
Allowing up to two years of onsite hazardous-waste storage helps remote generators maintain operations and coordinate safer shipments, but raises local health/environmental risks and potential costs for governments, businesses, and taxpayers.
Water Emergency and Technical Assistance Act of 2026
The bill directs modest, targeted increases in federal funding and emergency-assistance authority for drinking-water and wastewater systems—improving public-health protection and emergency response—while increasing federal outlays, delaying some near-term funding, and introducing risks of reliance and administrative uncertainty.
Require the Secretary of the Army to issue guidance relating to the review of applications for alteration or temporary or permanent occupation or use of certain hydropower projects, and for other purposes.
The bill speeds and standardizes initial hydropower application processing and creates clearer timelines and accountability for applicants and the Corps, but it trades away early technical review and some Corps discretion, potentially shifting risks and environmental or safety concerns to later stages or limiting project‑specific protections.
Shows active legislation in this committee's pipeline. Controversiality scores and analysis are AI-generated from the 119th Congress.
Stance scores range from -1 (opposes) to +1 (supports), based on bills referred to this committee in the 119th Congress. Confidence dot shown for high-confidence scores.
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