The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for legislation and oversight of the natural and built environment and for studying matters concerning environmental protection and resource conservation and utilitization. Jurisdiction In accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects is referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Air pollution; Construction and maintenance of highways; Environmental aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands; Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than pesticides; Environmental policy; Environmental research and development; Fisheries and wildlife; Flood control and improvements of rivers and harbors, including environmental aspects of deepwater ports; Noise pollution; Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of nuclear energy; Ocean dumping; Public buildings and improved grounds of the United States generally, including Federal buildings in the District of Columbia; Public works, bridges, and dams; Regional economic development; Solid waste disposal and recycling; Water pollution; and, Water resources. The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is also charged to "study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental protection and resource utilization and conservation, and report thereon from time to time." Members, 118th Congress Chairmen Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, 1838–1857 William S. Fulton (D-AR) 1838–1841 John Leeds Kerr (W-MD) 1841–1842 William L. Dayton (W-NJ) 1842–1845 Simon Cameron (D-PA) 1845–1846 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1846–1847 Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) 1847–1851 James Whitcomb (D-IN) 1851–1852 Charles James (D-RI) 1852–1853 James Bayard (D-DE) 1853–1857 Chairmen of the Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1857–1883 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1857–1861 Solomon Foot (R-VT) 1861–1866 B. Gratz Brown (R-MO) 1866–1867 William P. Fessenden (R-ME) 1867–1869 Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) 1869–1878 Henry Dawes (R-MA) 1878–1879 Charles W. Jones (D-FL) 1879–1881 Edward H. Rollins (R-NH) 1881–1883 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1883–1947 William Mahone (R-VA) 1883–1887 Leland Stanford (R-CA) 1887–1893 George Vest (D-MO) 1893–1895 Matthew S. Quay (R-PA) 1895–1899 Charles W. Fairbanks (R-IN) 1899–1905 Francis E. Warren (R-WY) 1905 Nathan B. Scott (R-WV) 1905–1911 George Sutherland (R-UT) 1911–1913 Claude A. Swanson (D-VA) 1913–1918 James A. Reed (D-MO) 1918–1919 Bert M. Fernald (R-ME) 1919–1926 Irvine L. Lenroot (R-WI) 1926–1927 Henry W. Keyes (R-NH) 1927–1933 Tom Connally (D-TX) 1933–1942 Francis Maloney (D-CT) 1942–1945 Charles O. Andrews (D-FL) 1945–1947 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Works, 1947–1977 Chapman Revercomb (R-WV)