Specific committees in the Senate and House of Representatives are responsible for the initial approval of bills that will affect habitat, sportsmen and wildlife. 

Committee membership was confirmed this month as the new Congress convened. Below is a list of all members of Congress on the committees that affect sportsmen’s priorities the most (new members are listed in italics).

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

Max Baucus (MT)
Michael Bennet (CO)
John Boozman (AR)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Bob Casey (PA)
Saxby Chambliss (GA)
Thad Cochran (MS) – RANKING MEMBER
Joe Donnelly (IN)
Kristen Gillibrand (NY)
Charles Grassley (IA)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
John Hoeven (ND)
Mike Johanns (NE)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Patrick Leahy (VT)
Mitch McConnell (KY)
Pat Roberts (KS) 
Debbie Stabenow (MI) – CHAIRMAN
John Thune (SD)

House Agriculture

Dan Benishek (MI)
Cheri Bustos (IL)
Chris Collins (NY)
K. Michael Conaway (TX)
Jim Costa (CA)
Joe Courtney (CT)
Henry Cuellar (TX)
Rodney Davis (IL)
Suzane DelBene (CA)
Jeff Denham (CA)
Scott DesJarlais (TN)
William Enyart (IL)
Marcia Fudge (OH)
Pete Gallego (TX)
Bob Gibbs (OH)
Christopher Gibson (NY)
Bob Goodlatte (VA)
Vicky Hartzler (MO)
Richard Hudson (NC)
Steve King (IA)
Ann Kuster (NH)
Doug LaMalfa (CA)
Frank Lucas (OK) – CHAIRMAN
Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM)
Sean Patrick Maloney (NY)
James McGovern (MA)
Mike McIntyre (NC)
Gloria Negrete McLeod (CA)
Randy Neugebauer (TX)
Kristi Noem (SD)
Richard Nolan (MN)
Bill Owens (NY)
Collin Peterson (MN) – RANKING MEMBER
Chellie Pingree (ME)
Reid Ribble (WI)
Martha Roby (AL)
Mike Rogers (AL)
Gregorio Sablan (NMI)
Kurt Schrader (OR)
Austin Scott (GA)
David Scott (GA)
Terri Sewell (AL)
Steve Southerland (FL)
Glenn Thompson (PA)
Scott Tipton (CO)
Juan Vargas (CA)
Filemon Vela (TX)
Tim Walz (MN)
Peter Welch (VT)
Ted Yoho (FL)

Senate Appropriations

Lamar Alexander (TN)
Mark Begich (AK)
Roy Blunt (MO)
John Boozman (AR)
Dan Coats (IN)
Thad Cochran (MS)
Susan Collins (ME)
Richard Durbin (IL)
Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Lindsey Graham (SC)
Tom Harkin (IA)
John Hoeven (ND)
Mike Johanns (NE)
Tim Johnson (SD)
Mark Steven Kirk (IL)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Patrick Leahy (VT)
Mitch McConnell (KY)
Jeff Merkley (OR)
Barbara Mikulski (MD) - CHAIRWOMAN
Jerry Moran (KS)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Patty Murray (WA)
Mark Pryor (AR)
Jack Reed (RI)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Richard Shelby (AL) – RANKING MEMBER
Jon Tester (MT)
Tom Udall (NM)

House Appropriations

Robert B. Aderholt (AL)
Rodney Alexander (LA)
Steve Austria (OH)
Jo Bonner (AL)
Ken Calvert (CA)
John R. Carter (TX)
Tom Cole (OK)
Ander Crenshaw (FL)
Henry Cuellar (TX)
John Abney Culberson (TX)
Charles W. Dent (PA)
Rosa DeLauro (CT)
Mario Diaz-Balart (FL)
Sanford Bishop, Jr. (GA)
Jo Ann Emerson (MO) 
Sam Farr (CA)
Chaka Fattah (PA)
Chuck Fleischmann (TN)
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ)
Jeff Fortenberry, (NE)
Kay Granger (TX)
Tom Graves (GA)
Jamie Herrara Beutler (WA)
Michael Honda (CA)
Steve Israel (NY)
David Joyce (OH)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Jack Kingston (GA)
Tom Latham (IA) 
Barbara Lee (CA)
Nita Lowey (NY) - RANKING MEMBER
Cynthia M. Lummis (WY)
Betty McCollum (MN)
James Moran (VA)
Alan Nunnelee (MS)
Ed Pastor (AZ)
Chellie Pingree (ME)
David Price (NC)
Harold Rogers (KY) - CHAIRMAN 
Tom Rooney (FL)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD)
Tim Ryan (OH)
Adam Schiff (CA)
Josè Serrano (NY)
Mike Simpson (ID)
David Valadao (CA)
Peter Visclosky (IN)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
Frank R. Wolf (VA)
Steve Womack (AR)
Kevin Yoder (KS)
C.W. Bill Young (FL)

Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Lamar Alexander (TN)
John Barrasso (WY)
Maria Cantwell (WA)
Chris Coons (DE)
Jeff Flake (AZ)
Al Franken (MN)
Martin Heinrich (NM)
Dean Heller (NV)
Mazie Hirono (HI)
John Hoeven (ND)
Tim Johnson (SD)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Mike Lee (UT)
Joe Manchin (WV)
Lisa Murkowski (AK) – RANKING MEMBER
Rob Portman (OH)
Jim Risch (ID)
Bernard Sanders (VT)
Tim Scott (SC)
Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Mark Udall (CO)
Ron Wyden (OR) – CHAIRMAN

House Energy and Commerce

John Barrow (GA)
Joe Barton (TX)
Gus Bilirakis (FL)
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Bruce Braley (IA)
Michael C. Burgess (TX)
G. K. Butterfield (NC)
Lois Capps (CA)
Bill Cassidy (LA)
Kathy Castor (FL)
Donna Christensen (VI)
Diana DeGette (CO)
John D. Dingell (MI)
Michael F. Doyle (PA)
Renee Ellmers (NC)
Eliot L. Engel (NY)
Anna G. Eshoo (CA)
Cory Gardner (CO)
Phil Gingrey (GA)
Gene Green (TX)
Morgan Griffith (VA)
Brett Guthrie (KY)
Ralph Hall (TX)
Gregg Harper (MS)
Bill Johnson (OH)
Adam Kinzinger (IL)
Leonard Lance (NJ)
Bob Latta (OH)
Billy Long (MO)
Ben Ray Luján (NM)
Edward J. Markey (MA)
Jim Matheson (UT)
Doris O. Matsui (CA)
David McKinley (WV)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)
Jerry McNerney (CA)
Tim Murphy (PA)
Pete Olson (TX)
Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ)
Joseph R. Pitts (PA)
Mike Pompeo (KS)
Mike Rogers (MI)
Bobby L. Rush (IL)
John Sarbanes (MD)
Steve Scalise (LA)
Jan Schakowsky (IL)
John Shimkus (IL)
Lee Terry (NE)
Paul Tonko (NY)
Fred Upton (MI) – CHAIRMAN
Greg Walden (OR)
Henry A. Waxman (CA) – RANKING MEMBER
Peter Welch (VT)
Ed Whitfield (KY)

Senate Environment and Public Works

John Barrasso (WY)
Max Baucus (MT)
John Boozman (AR)
Barbara Boxer (CA) – CHAIRWOMAN
Benjamin Cardin (MD)
Thomas Carper (DE)
Mike Crapo (ID)
Deb Fischer (ND)
Kristen Gillibrand (NY)
James Inhofe (OK)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Jeff Merkley (OR)
Bernard Sanders (VT)
Jeff Sessions (AL)
Tom Udall (NM)
David Vitter (LA) – RANKING MEMBER
Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
Roger Wicker (MS)

House Natural Resources

Mark Amodei (NV)
Dan Benishek (MI)
Rob Bishop (UT)
Paul Broun (GA)
Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)
Tony Cardenas (CA)
Matt Cartwright (PA)
Jim Costa (CA)
Kevin Cramer (ND)
Steve Daines (MT)
Peter DeFazio (OR)
Jeff Denham (CA)
Jeff Duncan (SC)
Eni Faleomavaega (American Samoa)
John Fleming (LA)
Bill Flores (TX)
Joe Garcia (FL)
Louie Gohmert (TX)
Paul Gosar (AZ)
Raúl Grijalva (AZ)
Colleen Hanabusa (HI)
Andy Harris (MD)
Doc Hastings (WA) – CHAIRMAN
Rush Holt (NJ)
Steven Horsford (NV)
Jared Huffman (CA)
Raúl Labrador (ID)
Doug LaMalfa (CA)
Doug Lamborn (CO)
Alan Lowenthal (CA)
Cynthia Lummis (WY)
Edward Markey (MA) – RANKING MEMBER
Tom McClintock (CA)
Markwayne Mullin (OK)
Grace Napolitano (CA)
Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ)
Pedro Pierluisi (PR)
Raúl Ruiz (CA)
Jon Runyan (NJ)
Gregorio Sablan (NMI)
Carol Shea Porter (NH)
Steve Southerland (FL)
Chris Stewart (UT)
Glenn Thompson (PA)
Scott Tipton (CO)
Niki Tsongas (MA)
Rob Wittman (VA)
Don Young (AK)