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Subcommittees


Subcommittee on

Conservation, Energy and Forestry

Ranking Member Tim Walz, Minn.

Jurisdiction: Soil, water, and resource conservation, small watershed program, energy and biobased energy production, rural electrification, forestry in general and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.


 
Subcommittee on

Department Operations, Oversight and Nutrition

Ranking Member Marcia L. Fudge, D-Ohio

Jurisdiction: Agency oversight, review and analysis, special investigations, food stamps, nutrition and consumer programs.


Subcommittee on

General Farm Commodities and Risk Management

Ranking Member David Scott, Ga.

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, commodity exchanges, and specialty crops.


Subcommittee on

Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology and Foreign Agriculture

Ranking Member Kurt Schrader, Ore.

Jurisdiction: Fruits and vegetables, honey and bees, marketing and promotion orders, plant pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds and insect pests, and organic agriculture, research, education and extension, biotechnology and foreign agriculture assistance, and trade promotion programs, generally.


Subcommittee on

Livestock, Rural Development and Credit

Ranking Member Jim Costa, Calif.

Jurisdiction: Livestock, dairy, poultry, meat, seafood and seafood products, inspection, marketing, and promotion of such commodities, aquaculture, animal welfare and grazing, rural development, farm security and family farming matters, and agricultural credit.