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
Daniel Scott Sullivan
Republican • AK
Mark Edward Kelly
Democrat • AZ
Alejandro Padilla
Democrat • CA
John Peter Ricketts
Republican • NE
Adam Schiff
Democrat • CA
Roger F. Wicker
Republican • MS
John Boozman
Republican • AR
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democrat • DE
Angela Deneece Alsobrooks
Democrat • MD
Jon Husted
Republican • OH
Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2026
The bill shifts control and stronger property protections to States and private landowners (faster review, consent rights, and higher compensation) while reducing federal water jurisdiction and enforcement capacity — a trade-off between local/private control and potentially weaker, uneven protections for water quality and delayed or costlier federal regulation.
New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act
The bill trades clearer, lower‑cost, and more predictable permitting for industry and reduced operational disruption against a meaningful risk of higher local and cumulative emissions, weakened enforcement, and greater environmental justice and health harms for nearby communities.
MORE American Fuel Act of 2026
The bill accelerates the start and regulatory alignment of uranium enrichment projects and increases local notice, but does so by allowing pre-license construction that raises community safety, financial, and procedural-risk concerns and places greater strain on NRC oversight.
Water Cyber Shield Act of 2026
The bill strengthens cybersecurity and resilience for water systems through targeted funding, reporting, and oversight—reducing risks to public health and enabling federal support—while imposing compliance costs, administrative and coordination burdens, and privacy/exemptions that may disproportionately strain smaller or under-resourced systems.
CHARM Act
The bill aims to boost domestic critical-mineral supply, create business and job opportunities, and increase transparency while trading off potential taxpayer costs, environmental/residual risks near recovery sites, and added regulatory burdens for small firms.
AWRC Act of 2025
The bill provides modest, predictable federal funding and statutory support to advance regional water research and wastewater-reuse projects—improving coordination and project readiness—but does so while reserving funds for multi‑state priorities and leaving potential trade-offs in funding scale, local flexibility, legal clarity, and possible industry influence.
Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act
The bill trades clearer, expanded legal market access and outreach for Alaska Native artisans against increased risk to migratory bird conservation and new certification/administrative burdens that could fall on small sellers and taxpayers.
EMRTAI Authorization Act of 2026
The bill creates a small, targeted grant program to recover critical materials and support cleanup at contaminated sites—potentially improving public health, local economies, and supply-chain resilience—but its limited funding, short term, and risks of disturbing contamination constrain scale and could create trade-offs with faster remediation and safety unless tightly managed.
Human-Wildlife Conflict Reduction Act of 2026
The bill directs federal funding and training to expand nonlethal human–wildlife conflict solutions—benefiting farmers, rural and tribal communities, and wildlife—while imposing a modest federal cost and risking uneven geographic access, reduced lethal-option flexibility in some cases, and limited funds for research and innovation.
BRACE Act
The bill reduces fire and pollution risk and clarifies rules for lithium‑ion battery storage and recycling by aligning statute with current and future CFR rules, but it raises compliance, permitting, and enforcement burdens—especially for small and rural recyclers—and creates some future regulatory uncertainty that could raise costs for businesses and consumers.
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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