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Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibility for: public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service including farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas; establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and wilderness designation therein; military land withdrawals; reserved water rights; national mining and minerals policy and general mining laws; surface mining, reclamation and enforcement; mining education and research; Federal mineral leasing; Naval oil shale reserves; and deep seabed mining.

Majority--Democrat Ron Wyden, Oregon (Chairman) Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii Byron Dorgan, North Dakota Tim Johnson, South Dakota Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana Evan Bayh, Indiana Dianne Feinstein, California Charles Schumer, New York Maria Cantwell, Washington Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico, ex officio

Minority--Republican Larry E. Craig, Idaho Conrad Burns, Montana Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico Don Nickles, Oklahoma Gordon Smith, Oregon Craig Thomas, Wyoming Jon Kyl, Arizona Richard C. Shelby, Alabama Frank H. Murkowski, Alaska, ex officio

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