United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - wikipedia United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has jurisdiction over matters related to energy and nuclear waste policy, territorial policy, native Hawaiian matters, and public lands. Its roots go back to the Committee on Interior and Insulars Affair. In 1977, it became the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Indian Affairs were removed from its jurisdiction into its own committee. Contents 1 Members, 115th Congress 2 Subcommittees 3 Chairpersons 3.1 Committee on Public Lands, 1816 -- 1921 3.2 Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, 1921 -- 1947 3.3 Committee on Public Lands, 1947 -- 1948 3.4 Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1948 -- 1977 3.5 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977 -- present 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Members, 115th Congress Majority Minority Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, Chair John Barrasso, Wyoming Jim Risch, Idaho Mike Lee, Utah Jeff Flake, Arizona Steve Daines, Montana Cory Gardner, Colorado Lamar Alexander, Tennessee John Hoeven, North Dakota Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Rob Portman, Ohio Shelly Moore Capito, West Virginia Maria Cantwell, Washington, Ranking Member Ron Wyden, Oregon Bernie Sanders, Vermont Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Al Franken, Minnesota ( until January 2, 2018 ) Joe Manchin, West Virginia Martin Heinrich, New Mexico Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Angus King, Maine Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Tina Smith, Minnesota Source Subcommittees The Energy Committee has four subcommittees : Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member Energy Cory Gardner ( R - CO ) Joe Manchin ( D - WV ) National Parks Steve Daines ( R - MT ) Mazie Hirono ( D - HI ) Public Lands, Forests and Mining Mike Lee ( R - UT ) Ron Wyden ( D - OR ) Water and Power Jeff Flake ( R - AZ ) Angus King ( I - ME ) Chairpersons Committee on Public Lands, 1816 -- 1921 Jeremiah Morrow ( R - OH ) 1816 -- 1819 Thomas Williams ( R - MS ) 1819 -- 1820 Jesse Thomas ( R - IL ) 1820 -- 1823 David Barton ( NR - MO ) 1823 -- 1831 William R. King ( D - AL ) 1831 -- 1832 Elias Kane ( D - IL ) 1832 -- 1833 George Poindexter ( W - MS ) 1833 -- 1835 Thomas Ewing ( W - OH ) 1835 -- 1836 Robert Walker ( D - MS ) 1836 -- 1841 Oliver Hampton Smith ( W - IN ) 1841 -- 1843 William Woodbridge ( W - MI ) 1843 -- 1845 Sidney Breese ( D - IL ) 1845 -- 1849 Alpheus Felch ( D - MI ) 1849 -- 1853 Solon Borland ( D - AR ) 1853 Augustus Dodge ( D - IA ) 1853 -- 1855 Charles E. Stuart ( D - MI ) 1855 -- 1859 Robert W. Johnson ( D - AR ) 1859 -- 1861 James Harlan ( R - IA ) 1861 -- 1865 Samuel Pomeroy ( R - KS ) 1865 -- 1873 William Sprague ( R - RI ) 1873 -- 1875 Richard Oglesby ( R - IL ) 1875 -- 1879 Joseph E. McDonald ( D - IN ) 1879 -- 1881 Preston Plumb ( R - KS ) 1881 -- 1891 Joseph N. Dolph ( R - OR ) 1891 -- 1893 James H. Berry ( D - AR ) 1893 -- 1895 Fred T. Dubois ( R - ID ) 1895 -- 1897 Henry C. Hansbrough ( R - ND ) 1897 -- 1908 Knute Nelson ( R - MN ) 1908 -- 1912 Reed Smoot ( R - UT ) 1912 -- 1913 George E. Chamberlain ( D - OR ) 1913 -- 1915 Henry L. Myers ( D - MT ) 1915 -- 1919 Reed Smoot ( R - UT ) 1919 -- 1921 Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, 1921 -- 1947 Reed Smoot ( R - UT ) 1921 -- 1923 Irvine L. Lenroot ( R - WI ) 1923 -- 1924 Edwin F. Ladd ( R - ND ) 1924 Robert Nelson Stanfield ( R - OR ) 1924 -- 1927 Gerald P. Nye ( R - ND ) 1927 -- 1933 John B. Kendrick ( D - WY ) 1933 Robert F. Wagner ( D - NY ) 1933 -- 1937 Alva B. Adams ( D - CO ) 1937 -- 1941 Carl A. Hatch ( D - NM ) 1941 -- 1947 Committee on Public Lands, 1947 -- 1948 Hugh Butler ( R - NE ) 1947 -- 1948 Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1948 -- 1977 Hugh Butler ( R - NE ) 1948 -- 1949 Joseph C. O'Mahoney ( D - WY ) 1949 -- 1953 Hugh Butler ( R - NE ) 1953 -- 1954 Guy Cordon ( R - OR ) 1954 -- 1955 James E. Murray ( D - MT ) 1955 -- 1961 Clinton P. Anderson ( D - NM ) 1961 -- 1963 Scoop Jackson ( D - WA ) 1963 -- 1977 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 1977 -- present Scoop Jackson ( D - WA ) 1977 -- 1981 James McClure ( R - ID ) 1981 -- 1987 Bennett Johnston ( D - LA ) 1987 -- 1995 Frank Murkowski ( R - AK ) 1995 -- 2001 Jeff Bingaman ( D - NM ) 2001 Frank Murkowski ( R - AK ) 2001 Jeff Bingaman ( D - NM ) 2001 -- 2003 Pete Domenici ( R - NM ) 2003 -- 2007 Jeff Bingaman ( D - NM ) 2007 -- 2013 Ron Wyden ( D - OR ) 2013 -- 2014 Mary Landrieu ( D - LA ) 2014 -- 2015 Lisa Murkowski ( R - AK ) 2015 -- present See also List of current United States Senate committees The United States House Committee on Public Lands, was a predecessor of the United States House Committee on Resources References ^ Jump up to : Sens. Sanders and King are independent, but caucus with Democrats. Jump up ^ `` U.S. Senate : Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ''. www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 08. 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Question: when was the energy and natural resources committee created
Answer: 1977