The United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, or Agriculture Committee is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The House Committee on Agriculture has general jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight of some federal agencies, and it can recommend funding appropriations for various governmental agencies, programs, and activities, as defined by House rules.
The Agriculture Committee was created on May 3, 1820, after Lewis Williams of North Carolina sponsored a resolution to create the committee and give agricultural issues equal weight with commercial and manufacturing interests. The committee originally consisted of seven members, from the states of Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. Thomas Forrest of Pennsylvania was the first chairman. The Agriculture Committee remained a seven-member body until 1835, when two more members were added. It was not until 1871 that the next two members were added. Since then it has gradually grown to its current size of 46 members.
The Agriculture Committee is not generally considered to be a particularly powerful one. However, it is an important committee to be on for Representatives from many rural areas where agriculture is the main industry. The committee has jurisdiction over agriculture, forestry, nutrition, water conservation, and other agriculture-related fields.
Jurisdictionedit
Members of the 115th Congress House Committee on Agriculture received belt buckles for their service.
As prescribed by House Rules, the Committee on Agriculture's jurisdiction includes the following:
Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves
Agriculture generally
Agricultural and industrial chemistry
Agricultural colleges and experiment stations
Agricultural economics and research
Agricultural education extension services
Agricultural production, marketing and stabilization of prices of agricultural products, and commodities (excluding foreign distribution)
Animal industry and diseases of animals
Commodity exchanges
Crop insurance and soil conservation
Dairy industry
Entomology and plant quarantine
Extension of farm credit and farm security
Inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and seafood and seafood products
Forestry in general and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain
Human nutrition and home economics
Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering
Rural electrification
Rural developments
Water conservation related to activities of the Department of Agriculture
^Del. Sablan was an Independent who caucused with the Democratic majority.
Referencesedit
^"Thompson Announces Subcommittee Chairs and Jurisdiction for the 118th Congress". House Committee on Agriculture | Chairman GT Thompson. 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
^"Ranking Member David Scott Announces Subcommittee Ranking Members". House Agriculture Committee | Democrats. 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
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The United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture or Agriculture Committee is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives The House Committee on Agriculture has general jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight of some federal agencies and it can recommend funding appropriations for various governmental agencies programs and activities as defined by House rules House Agriculture CommitteeStanding committeeActive United States House of Representatives118th CongressHistoryFormedMay 3 1820LeadershipChairGlenn Thompson R Since January 3 2023Ranking memberDavid Scott D Since January 3 2023StructureSeats52Political partiesMajority 28 Republican 28 Minority 24 Democratic 24 JurisdictionOversight authorityDepartment of AgricultureSenate counterpartSenate Agriculture CommitteeSubcommitteesCommodity Exchanges Energy and Credit Conservation and Forestry Nutrition Oversight and Department Operations General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Biotechnology Horticulture and Research Livestock and Foreign AgricultureMeeting place1300 Longworth House Office Building Washington D C Websiteagriculture wbr house wbr gov Contents 1 History of the committee 2 Role of the committee 2 1 Jurisdiction 3 Members 118th Congress 4 Subcommittees 5 Historical membership rosters 5 1 115th Congress 5 2 116th Congress 5 3 117th Congress 6 Subcommittees 7 List of chairs 8 Notes 9 References 10 See also 11 External linksHistory of the committee editThe Agriculture Committee was created on May 3 1820 after Lewis Williams of North Carolina sponsored a resolution to create the committee and give agricultural issues equal weight with commercial and manufacturing interests The committee originally consisted of seven members from the states of Maryland New Hampshire New York Pennsylvania South Carolina Vermont and Virginia Thomas Forrest of Pennsylvania was the first chairman The Agriculture Committee remained a seven member body until 1835 when two more members were added It was not until 1871 that the next two members were added Since then it has gradually grown to its current size of 46 members The U S Senate counterpart to the House Agriculture Committee the U S Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry was created on December 9 1825 Role of the committee editThe Agriculture Committee is not generally considered to be a particularly powerful one However it is an important committee to be on for Representatives from many rural areas where agriculture is the main industry The committee has jurisdiction over agriculture forestry nutrition water conservation and other agriculture related fields Jurisdiction edit nbsp Members of the 115th Congress House Committee on Agriculture received belt buckles for their service As prescribed by House Rules the Committee on Agriculture s jurisdiction includes the following Adulteration of seeds insect pests and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves Agriculture generally Agricultural and industrial chemistry Agricultural colleges and experiment stations Agricultural economics and research Agricultural education extension services Agricultural production marketing and stabilization of prices of agricultural products and commodities excluding foreign distribution Animal industry and diseases of animals Commodity exchanges Crop insurance and soil conservation Dairy industry Entomology and plant quarantine Extension of farm credit and farm security Inspection of livestock poultry meat products and seafood and seafood products Forestry in general and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain Human nutrition and home economics Plant industry soils and agricultural engineering Rural electrification Rural developments Water conservation related to activities of the Department of AgricultureMembers 118th Congress editMajority Minority Glenn Thompson Pennsylvania Chair Frank Lucas Oklahoma Austin Scott Georgia Rick Crawford Arkansas Scott DesJarlais Tennessee Doug LaMalfa California David Rouzer North Carolina Trent Kelly Mississippi Don Bacon Nebraska Mike Bost Illinois Dusty Johnson South Dakota Jim Baird Indiana Tracey Mann Kansas Randy Feenstra Iowa Mary Miller Illinois Barry Moore Alabama Kat Cammack Florida Brad Finstad Minnesota John Rose Tennessee Ronny Jackson Texas Marc Molinaro New York Monica De La Cruz Texas Nick Langworthy New York John Duarte California Zach Nunn Iowa Mark Alford Missouri Derrick Van Orden Wisconsin Lori Chavez DeRemer Oregon Max Miller Ohio David Scott Georgia Ranking Member Jim Costa California Jim McGovern Massachusetts Alma Adams North Carolina Abigail Spanberger Virginia Jahana Hayes Connecticut Shontel Brown Ohio Stacey Plaskett Virgin Islands until February 28 2023 Sharice Davids Kansas Elissa Slotkin Michigan Yadira Caraveo Colorado Andrea Salinas Oregon Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Washington Don Davis North Carolina Jill Tokuda Hawaii Nikki Budzinski Illinois Eric Sorensen Illinois Gabe Vasquez New Mexico Jasmine Crockett Texas Jonathan Jackson Illinois Greg Casar Texas Chellie Pingree Maine Salud Carbajal California Angie Craig Minnesota Darren Soto Florida Sanford Bishop Georgia from March 8 2023 Resolutions electing members H Res 14 Chair H Res 15 Ranking Member H Res 79 D H Res 80 R H Res 164 D H Res 179 R H Res 205 D Subcommittees editSubcommittee Chair 1 Ranking Member 2 Commodity Markets Digital Assets and Rural Development Dusty Johnson R SD Yadira Caraveo D CO Conservation Research and Biotechnology Jim Baird R IN Abigail Spanberger D VA Forestry Doug LaMalfa R CA Andrea Salinas D OR General Farm Commodities Risk Management and Credit Austin Scott R GA Shontel Brown D OH Livestock Dairy and Poultry Tracey Mann R KS Jim Costa D CA Nutrition Foreign Agriculture and Horticulture Brad Finstad R MN Jahana Hayes D CT Historical membership rosters edit115th Congress edit Majority 3 Minority 4 Mike Conaway Texas Chairman Bob Goodlatte Virginia Frank Lucas Oklahoma Steve King Iowa Mike Rogers Alabama Glenn Thompson Pennsylvania Vice Chairman Bob Gibbs Ohio Austin Scott Georgia Rick Crawford Arkansas Scott DesJarlais Tennessee Vicky Hartzler Missouri Jeff Denham California Doug LaMalfa California Rodney Davis Illinois Ted Yoho Florida Rick Allen Georgia Mike Bost Illinois David Rouzer North Carolina Ralph Lee Abraham Louisiana Trent Kelly Mississippi James Comer Kentucky Roger W Marshall Kansas Don Bacon Nebraska John Faso New York Neal Dunn Florida Jodey Arrington Texas Collin Peterson Minnesota Ranking Member David Scott Georgia Jim Costa California Tim Walz Minnesota Marcia Fudge Ohio Jim McGovern Massachusetts Filemon Vela Jr Texas Vice Ranking Member Michelle Lujan Grisham New Mexico Ann Kuster New Hampshire Rick Nolan Minnesota Cheri Bustos Illinois Sean Patrick Maloney New York Stacey Plaskett U S Virgin Islands Alma Adams North Carolina Dwight Evans Pennsylvania Al Lawson Florida Tom O Halleran Arizona Jimmy Panetta California Darren Soto Florida Lisa Blunt Rochester Delaware 116th Congress edit Majority Minority Collin Peterson Minnesota Chair David Scott Georgia Jim Costa California Marcia Fudge Ohio Jim McGovern Massachusetts Filemon Vela Jr Texas Stacey Plaskett U S Virgin Islands Alma Adams North Carolina Vice Chair Abigail Spanberger Virginia Jahana Hayes Connecticut Antonio Delgado New York TJ Cox California Angie Craig Minnesota Anthony Brindisi New York Josh Harder California Kim Schrier Washington Chellie Pingree Maine Cheri Bustos Illinois Sean Patrick Maloney New York Salud Carbajal California Al Lawson Florida Tom O Halleran Arizona Jimmy Panetta California Ann Kirkpatrick Arizona Cindy Axne Iowa Xochitl Torres Small New Mexico since February 27 2020 Mike Conaway Texas Ranking Member Glenn Thompson Pennsylvania Austin Scott Georgia Rick Crawford Arkansas Scott DesJarlais Tennessee Vicky Hartzler Missouri Doug LaMalfa California Rodney Davis Illinois Ted Yoho Florida Rick Allen Georgia Mike Bost Illinois David Rouzer North Carolina Ralph Abraham Louisiana Trent Kelly Mississippi James Comer Kentucky Roger Marshall Kansas Don Bacon Nebraska Neal Dunn Florida Dusty Johnson South Dakota Jim Baird Indiana Jim Hagedorn Minnesota Chris Jacobs New York since July 21 2020 Troy Balderson Ohio since July 30 2020 Subcommittees Subcommittee Chair 5 Ranking Member 6 Commodity Exchanges Energy and Credit David Scott D GA Austin Scott R GA Conservation and Forestry Abigail Spanberger D VA Doug LaMalfa R CA Nutrition Oversight and Department Operations Marcia Fudge D OH Dusty Johnson R SD General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Filemon Vela Jr D TX Glenn Thompson R PA Biotechnology Horticulture and Research Stacey Plaskett D VI Neal Dunn R FL Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Jim Costa D CA David Rouzer R NC 117th Congress edit Majority Minority David Scott Georgia Chair Jim Costa California Jim McGovern Massachusetts Filemon Vela Jr Texas until March 31 2022 7 Alma Adams North Carolina Vice Chair Abigail Spanberger Virginia Jahana Hayes Connecticut Antonio Delgado New York until May 25 2022 8 Shontel Brown Ohio since November 4 2021 Bobby Rush Illinois Chellie Pingree Maine Gregorio Sablan Northern Mariana Islands a Ann McLane Kuster New Hampshire Cheri Bustos Illinois Sean Patrick Maloney New York Stacey Plaskett U S Virgin Islands Tom O Halleran Arizona Salud Carbajal California Ro Khanna California Al Lawson Florida Lou Correa California Angie Craig Minnesota Josh Harder California Cindy Axne Iowa Kim Schrier Washington Jimmy Panetta California Ann Kirkpatrick Arizona until November 29 2021 9 Sanford Bishop Georgia Marcy Kaptur Ohio since May 10 2022 Sharice Davids Kansas since June 14 2022 Glenn Thompson Pennsylvania Ranking Member Austin Scott Georgia Rick Crawford Arkansas Scott DesJarlais Tennessee Vicky Hartzler Missouri Doug LaMalfa California Rodney Davis Illinois Rick W Allen Georgia David Rouzer North Carolina Trent Kelly Mississippi Don Bacon Nebraska Dusty Johnson South Dakota Jim Baird Indiana Jim Hagedorn Minnesota until February 17 2022 Chris Jacobs New York Troy Balderson Ohio Michael Cloud Texas Tracey Mann Kansas Randy Feenstra Iowa Mary Miller Illinois Barry Moore Alabama Kat Cammack Florida Michelle Fischbach Minnesota Julia Letlow Louisiana until May 2022 10 Mayra Flores Texas since June 22 2022 Brad Finstad Minnesota since September 13 2022 Resolutions electing members H Res 9 Chair H Res 10 Ranking Member H Res 62 D H Res 63 R H Res 92 D H Res 154 D H Res 244 D H Res 311 R H Res 825 D H Res 1173 D H Res 1197 R H Res 1340 R SubcommitteesSubcommittees editSubcommittee Chair 11 Ranking Member 12 Biotechnology Horticulture and Research Stacey Plaskett D VI Jim Baird R IN Commodity Exchanges Energy and Credit Antonio Delgado D NY Michelle Fischbach R MN Conservation and Forestry Abigail Spanberger D VA Doug LaMalfa R CA General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Cheri Bustos D IL Austin Scott R GA Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Jim Costa D CA Dusty Johnson R SD Nutrition Oversight and Department Operations Jahana Hayes D CT Don Bacon R NE List of chairs editChairman Party State Years Thomas Forrest Federalist Pennsylvania 1820 1821 Josiah Butler Democratic Republican New Hampshire 1821 1823 Stephen Van Rensselaer National Republican New York 1823 1829 Ambrose Spencer National Republican New York 1829 1831 Erastus Root Democratic New York 1831 1833 Abraham Bockee Democratic New York 1833 1837 Edmund Deberry Whig North Carolina 1837 1845 Joseph H Anderson Democratic New York 1845 1847 Hugh White Whig New York 1847 1849 Nathaniel S Littlefield Democratic Maine 1849 1851 John G Floyd Democratic New York 1851 1853 John L Dawson Democratic Pennsylvania 1853 1855 David P Holloway Opposition Indiana 1855 1857 William G Whiteley Democratic Delaware 1857 1859 Martin Butterfield Republican New York 1859 1861 Owen Lovejoy Republican Illinois 1861 1863 Brutus J Clay Union Kentucky 1863 1865 John Bidwell Republican California 1865 1867 Rowland E Trowbridge Republican Michigan 1867 1869 John Thomas Wilson Republican Ohio 1869 1873 Charles Hays Republican Alabama 1873 1875 John Henry Caldwell Democratic Alabama 1875 1877 Augustus W Cutler Democratic New Jersey 1877 1879 James W Covert Democratic New York 1879 1881 Edward K Valentine Republican Nebraska 1881 1883 William H Hatch Democratic Missouri 1883 1889 Edward H Funston Republican Kansas 1889 1891 William H Hatch Democratic Missouri 1891 1895 James W Wadsworth Republican New York 1895 1907 Charles F Scott Republican Kansas 1907 1911 John Lamb Democratic Virginia 1911 1913 Asbury F Lever Democratic South Carolina 1913 1919 Gilbert N Haugen Republican Iowa 1919 1931 Marvin Jones Democratic Texas 1931 1941 Hampton P Fulmer Democratic South Carolina 1941 1945 John W Flannagan Jr Democratic Virginia 1945 1947 Clifford R Hope Republican Kansas 1947 1949 Harold D Cooley Democratic North Carolina 1949 1953 Clifford R Hope Republican Kansas 1953 1955 Harold D Cooley Democratic North Carolina 1955 1967 William R Poage Democratic Texas 1967 1975 Thomas S Foley Democratic Washington 1975 1981 Kika de la Garza Democratic Texas 1981 1995 Pat Roberts Republican Kansas 1995 1997 Robert F Smith Republican Oregon 1997 1999 Larry Combest Republican Texas 1999 2003 Bob Goodlatte Republican Virginia 2003 2007 Collin Peterson Democratic Minnesota 2007 2011 Frank Lucas Republican Oklahoma 2011 2015 Mike Conaway Republican Texas 2015 2019 Collin Peterson Democratic Minnesota 2019 2021 David Scott Democratic Georgia 2021 2023 Glenn Thompson Republican Pennsylvania 2023 presentNotes edit Del Sablan was an Independent who caucused with the Democratic majority References edit Thompson Announces Subcommittee Chairs and Jurisdiction for the 118th Congress House Committee on Agriculture Chairman GT Thompson 2023 02 02 Retrieved 2023 02 03 Ranking Member David Scott Announces Subcommittee Ranking Members House Agriculture Committee Democrats 2023 02 07 Retrieved 2023 02 07 H Res 6 Chair H Res 51 H Res 45 H Res 52 Peterson Announces House Agriculture Subcommittee Chairs for the 116th Congress Conaway Announces Republican Agriculture Subcommittee Leadership for 116th Congress Filemon Vela Texas TX 117th Congress Profile Antonio Delgado New York NY 117th Congress Profile https www congress gov 117 crec 2021 12 01 167 207 CREC 2021 12 01 pt1 PgH6726 6 pdf bare URL PDF Letlow Named to the Appropriations Committee 11 May 2022 Chairman Scott Announces House Agriculture Subcommittee Chairs for the 117th Congress Thompson Announces Republican Agriculture Subcommittee Leadership for 117th CongressSee also editList of current United States House of Representatives committeesExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States House Committee on Agriculture Agriculture Committee Homepage official website Archive Committee Rules PDF Agriculture Committee official website House Agriculture 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