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Subcommittees


Subcommittee on

Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research

Tim Holden, D-Penn., 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.

Subcommittee on

Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry

Joe Baca, D-Calif., 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.

Subcommittee on

General Farm Commodities and Risk Management

Leonard L. Boswell, D-Iowa, Chairman

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

Subcommittee on

Horticulture and Organic Agriculture

Dennis A. Cardoza, D-Calif., Chairman

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

Subcommittee on

Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry

David Scott, D-Ga., Chairman

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

Subcommittee on

Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture

Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., Chairman

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