The House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday will likely vote to subpoena the Obama administration to compel the Interior Department to turn over documents related to offshore drilling and coal regulatory activities.

Republican leaders on the panel have been investigating the department over a report regarding the offshore drilling moratorium and a rulemaking to protect waterways from coal mining, and they say administration officials have not been cooperative in handing over requested materials.

"Both investigations have been ongoing for over one year and both matters raise serious questions about the actions of the Obama Administration, the resulting significant impact on the economy, and thousands of lost American jobs," a memo from Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) said.

Hastings and other lawmakers on the committee are seeking more information on an Interior Department report that recommended a temporary ban on deepwater drilling following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Critics accuse the White House of misquoting scientists in order to push an economically destructive halt to deepwater drilling.

Interior spokesman Adam Fetcher said the department has turned over "four document productions" adding up to 126 documents and more than 970 pages. An inspector general review found no intent to mislead.

"We have done this despite the fact that the scope of the peer review as described in the executive summary of the [increased safety measures] report has already been publicly addressed by the department," Fetcher said.

When it comes to coal, the committee is looking into allegations that the Office of Surface Mining pressured former contractors to change job loss estimates regarding the forthcoming stream protection rule.

Department leaders say the rule is still in the drafting stages. They say they have turned over more than 13,000 pages of documents to the panel.

Fetcher added, "Departmental and OSM witnesses have appeared before the Committee to provide testimony and answer questions regarding this matter on several occasions."

Hastings would beg to differ about the department's cooperation.

"Extensive time and effort has been dedicated to working with and prompting the Obama administration to comply with these legitimate oversight requests for documents and communications," he wrote. "However, not once has the Department of the Interior met a single deadline for producing all of the requested information and it continues to withhold the vast majority of requested materials."

Schedule: The business meeting is Wednesday, March 28, at 10 a.m. in 1324 Longworth.

Reporter Phil Taylor contributed.