United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality

The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality is one of six subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Jurisdiction

The subcommittee's jurisdiction includes:

Drinking Water, Chemical, and Wastewater Security
Clean Water Act, including wetlands
Safe Drinking Water Act
Coastal Zone Management Act
Invasive Species
Transportation Safety
Outer Continental Shelf Lands (environmental concerns)

History

The subcommittee was created in 2007 during committee organization of the 110th Congress when several areas of jurisdiction were transferred from other subcommittees, particularly the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Members, 110th Congress

The subcommittee is chaired by Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, and the Ranking Member is David Vitter of Louisiana.

Majority
Member		State
	Frank Lautenberg, Chairman	New Jersey
	Ben Cardin	Maryland
	Amy Klobuchar	Minnesota
	Sheldon Whitehouse	Rhode Island
	Barbara Boxer, ex officio	California

Minority
Member		State
	David Vitter, Ranking Member	Louisiana
	Kit Bond	Missouri
	Larry Craig	Idaho
	James M. Inhofe, ex officio	Oklahoma

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)	Aging (Special) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Ethics (Select) Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Intelligence (Select) Judiciary Narcotics (Caucus) Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs

House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Benghazi (Select) Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Standing committees, Defunct committees

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