Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks is one of four subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. 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
Jurisdiction
This subcommittee's jurisdiction includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: the National Park System; Wild and Scenic Rivers System; National Trails System; national recreation areas; national monuments; historic sites; military parks and battlefields; Land and Water Conservation Fund; historic preservation; outdoor recreation resources; and preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public domain. The National Park Service ( NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation National Wild and Scenic River is a designation for certain Protected areas in the United States. National Recreation Area (NRA is a designation for a Protected area in the United States, often centered on large reservoirs and emphasizing water-based This is a list of all the National Monuments in the United States. National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 24 battle sites preserved The United States' Land and Water Conservation Fund ( LWCF) is a Federal program that was established by Act of Congress in 1964 to provide monies and matching Historic preservation or heritage conservation is a professional endeavor that seeks to preserve the ability of older (e Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
Members, 110th Congress
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Daniel Akaka of Hawaii. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Daniel Kahikina Akaka (born September 11, 1924) is the junior U The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The post of Ranking Minority member is currently vacant due to the death of Craig Thomas of Wyoming on June 4, 2007. In United States politics, the ranking member or ranking minority member is a member of a congressional committee from the minority party frequently the Craig Lyle Thomas ( February 17, 1933 – June 4, 2007) was an American politician who served over twelve years as a Republican The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States.
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