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The following charts present the various departments within the executive and legislative branches of the United States and their respective, and often overlapping, jurisdictions with regards to environmental policy:
The Executive Branch
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Agency |
Environmental Policy Jurisdiction |
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White House Office |
General policy planning, Agency coordination |
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Office of Management and Budget |
Budget for environmental issues, agency coordination and management |
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Council on Environmental Quality |
Environmental policy, Agency coordination, Environmental impact statements |
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Department of Health and Human Services |
Health |
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Environmental Protection Agency |
Air and water pollution, solid waste, radiation, pesticides, noise, toxic substances |
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Department of Justice |
Environmental litigation |
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Department of the Interior |
Public lands, energy, minerals, national parks |
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Department of Agriculture |
Forestry, soil, and general conservation issues |
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Department of Defense |
Civil works construction, dredge and fill permits, pollution control from defense facilities |
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Licensing and regulation of nuclear power |
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Department of State |
International environmental policy |
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Department of Commerce |
Oceanic and atmospheric monitoring and research |
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Department of Labor |
Environmental issues relating to occupational health standards |
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Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Environmental issues relating to housing, urban parks, urban planning |
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Department of Transportation |
Environmental issues relating to mass transportation, roads, aircraft noise, oil pollution |
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Department of Energy |
Energy policy coordination, petroleum allocation research and development |
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Tennessee Valley Authority |
Generation of electric power |
The Legislative Branch
Senate:
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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry |
Pesticides |
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Committee on Appropriations |
Appropriations |
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Committee on the Budget |
Budget |
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
Oceans, research and development, radiation, toxics |
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
Synthetic fuels, conservation oversight, energy budget, mines, oil shale, strip mining |
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Committee on Environment and Public Works |
Air, drinking water, noise, nuclear energy, ocean dumping, research and development, solid waste, toxics, water |
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Committee on Foreign Relations |
International environmental policy |
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
Interagency subject area |
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Committee on Labor and Human Resources |
Public health |
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Committee on Small Business |
Impact of environmental regulations on small business |
The House of Representatives:
|
Committee on Agriculture |
Pesticides |
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Committee on Appropriations |
Environmental appropriations |
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Committee on the Budget |
Budget |
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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
Interagency subject area - focuses primarily on coordination and implementation of environmental policy at the administrative level |
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Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs |
Synthetic fuels, conservation oversight, energy budget, mines, oil, radiation (oversees Nuclear Regulatory Commission), strip mining |
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Committee on Energy and Commerce |
Air, drinking water, noise, radiation, solid waste, toxics |
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Committee on Natural Resources |
Ocean dumping |
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Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
Noise, water pollution, water resources |
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Committee on Science and Technology |
Research and development |
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Committee on Small Business |
Impact of environmental regulations on small business |
9/3/2010
