Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, 2015-2016

Collection

Identifier: ST2015_08

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Records of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee from the 2015-2016 session, the Republicans in the majority. The chairs were John A. Maher (majority) and Greg Vitali (minority). The chair of the Subcommittee on Energy was Garth D. Everett (majority). The chairs of the Subcommittee on Mining were Carl Walker Metzgar (majority) and Pam Snyder (minority). The chairs of the Subcommittee on Parks and Forests were Jim Marshall (majority) and Stephen C. McCarter (minority). The Secretary was MacKenzie (majority).

This committee oversaw a variety of environmental and resource issues. The committee was mostly concerned with oversight regarding natural gas drilling and surface mining. The committee also held a joint hearing with its Senate counterpart on Governor Tom Wolf's Chesapeake Bay Reboot Strategy. This committee enacted several regulations mostly concerning environmental protection standards on oil and gas well sites, as well as emissions from various manufacturing materials.

Dates

2015 - 2016
Acquisition: 2017-01-04

Creator

House. Environmental Resources and Energy Committee (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

1.75 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is made up of four boxes with nine series: 1. Committee Record, 2. Meetings, Tours, and Public Hearings, 3. House Bills, 4. House Resolutions, 5. Senate Bills, 6. Senate Resolutions, 7. House Blue Backs, 8. Senate Green Backs, 9. Regulations.

Custodial History

Environmental Resources and Energy Committee to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Environmental Recources and Energy Committee

Method of Acquisition

Pursuant to House Rule 45 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (titled “Powers and Duties of Standing Committees and Subcommittees”) governing the management and disposition of historically valuable committee material, the secretary of the committee must record the attendance of Members and any votes taken, the minutes of the meeting and records, bills, and other papers in the possession of committees and subcommittees which must be submitted to the Chief Clerk at the end of every two year legislative session for permanent archival storage.