Subcommittees

 

Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research

Tim Holden, (D-PA) Chairman

Jurisdiction: soil, water, and resource conservation; small watershed program; energy and biobased energy production; rural electrification; agricultural credit; and agricultural research, education and extension services.

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Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry

Joe Baca, (D-CA) Chairman

Jurisdiction: agency oversight, review and analysis; special investigations; food stamps; nutrition and consumer programs; forestry in general; and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.

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Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management

Bob Etheridge, (D-NC) Chairman

Jurisdiction: program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, wheat, feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry beans, peas, and lentils; the Commodity Credit Corporation; crop insurance; and commodity exchanges.

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Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture

Dennis A. Cardoza, (D-CA) Chairman

Jurisdiction: fruits and vegetables; honey and bees; marketing and promotion orders; plant pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds, and insect pests; and organic agriculture.

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Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry

Leonard L. Boswell, (D-IA) Chairman

Jurisdiction: livestock; dairy; poultry; meat; seafood and seafood products; inspection, marketing, and promotion of such commodities; aquaculture; animal welfare; and grazing.

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Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture

Mike McIntyre, (D-NC) Chairman

Jurisdiction: peanuts; sugar; tobacco; marketing orders relating to such commodities; biotechnology; rural development; farm security and family farming matters; foreign agricultural assistance; and trade promotion programs, generally.

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Chairman Peterson and Ranking Member Goodlatte are ex-officio members of all subcommittees.