Founded in 1825 the committee was formed at the request of SenatorWilliam Findlay from Pennsylvania. Arguing that agriculture was as important to national progress as commerce and manufacturing, Findlay succeeded in persuading the full Senate to divide the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures into two separate committees. The Committee on Agriculture was formed by resolution on December 9, 1825.[2]
During the first four decades of the existence of this committee, the need for it was repeatedly called into question. At that time in America, nearly ⅔ of the population was directly engaged in agriculture.[2] As such, issues related to agriculture overlapped with areas covered by other committees and were often referred to those committees instead of the Agriculture Committee.[3]
Following a debate over the necessity of various committees to have need of the services of a dedicated clerk, a Special Committee was formed to investigate ways to "reduce the number and increase the efficiency of the committees."[4] On February 17, 1857, the Special Committee submitted a plan of reorganization for the committees that did not include the Agriculture Committee. During a special session of the Senate, on March 5, 1857, the Senate approved the Special Committees recommendations and the Committee on Agriculture was dissolved.[5]
In 1862, the country was embroiled in the Civil War, a large influx of immigrants was occurring and the nation was moving towards industrialization. That year, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Organic Act recreating the Department of Agriculture.[6]
It became the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry in 1884, a reflection of the growing importance of forests to the country's needs.[7] It was renamed again to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in 1977. Nutrition was added to the name after the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 directed the Department of Agriculture to "conduct more human nutrition research, establish a national nutrition education program and develop a system to monitor America's nutritional status".[8]
Jurisdictionedit
In accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Agriculture Committee:
Agricultural economics and research.
Agricultural extension services and experiment stations.
Agricultural production, marketing, and stabilization of prices.
Agriculture and agricultural commodities.
Animal industry and diseases.
Crop insurance and soil conservation.
Farm credit and farm security.
Food from fresh waters.
Food stamp programs.
Forestry, and forest reserves and wilderness areas other than those created from the public domain.
Home economics.
Human nutrition.
Inspection of livestock, meat, and agricultural products.
Pests and pesticides.
Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
Rural development, rural electrification, and watersheds.
The Agriculture Committee is also charged "to study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to food, nutrition, and hunger, both in the United States and in foreign countries, and rural affairs, and report thereon from time to time."[9]
^ abRegister of Debates in Congress. December 9, 1825. pp. 5–6.
^"Chapter 1: The Committee is Created: 1825–1857". The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 1825–1998. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
^Congressional Globe, December 23, 1856, pp. 182–184.
^Daniel J. Boorstin (1973), The Americans: The Democratic Experience p. 119, New York: Vintage Press.
^U.S. Senate (1976). Temporary Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee System, p. 15. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
^"Chapter 7: Borrowing and Credit: 1970–1979". The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 1825–1998. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
^ ab"Jurisdiction". The United States Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry. Retrieved May 31, 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^"Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees 1789-present" (PDF). Retrieved September 23, 2020.
^On March 4, 1851, upon convening in special session, the Senate resolved, "That the committees of the Senate at the Executive session shall be formed and constituted the same as at the last session of Congress, except where vacancies have occurred by the expiration of the term of any senator, and in such cases said vacancies shall be filled by the Chair." The terms of both the chairman (Daniel Sturgeon) and 2nd most senior member of this committee having expired, Presley Spruance has been included as chairman on this list.
^At the beginning of the 107th Congress in January 2001 the Senate was evenly divided. With a Democratic president and vice president still serving until January 20, the Democratic vice president was available to break a tie, and the Democrats thus controlled the Senate for 17 days, from January 3 to January 20. On January 3 the Senate adopted S. Res. 7 designating Democratic senators as committee chairmen to serve during this period and Republican chairmen to serve effective at noon on January 20, 2001.
^On June 6, 2001, the Democrats took control of the Senate after Senator James Jeffords (VT) changed from the Republican Party to Independent and announced that he would caucus with the Democrats.
^ abcd"Subcommittees". Retrieved September 27, 2018.
^"U.S. Senate: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry". www.senate.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
External linksedit
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee (Archive)
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.
The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 1825 – 1998 (including Committee membership lists),
Government Printing Office: Committee reports, 106th Congress-present
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Farm Credit Administration
Rules of the United States Senate
November 23, 2023
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The Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of all matters relating to the nation s agriculture industry farming programs forestry and logging and legislation relating to nutrition home economics and rural development 1 Senate Agriculture CommitteeStanding committeeActive United States Senate118th CongressHistoryFormedDecember 9 1825LeadershipChairDebbie Stabenow D Since February 3 2021Ranking memberJohn Boozman R Since February 3 2021StructurePolitical partiesMajority 12 Democratic 12 Minority 11 Republican 11 JurisdictionPolicy areasAgriculture Crop insurance Farm bill Farm credit Food stamps Food inspection Forestry Home economics National forests National grasslands Nutrition Rural development Rural electrification Soil conservation Soil survey Water conservation Watersheds Wilderness areasOversight authorityAgricultural Marketing Service Agricultural Research Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Commodity Credit Corporation Commodity Futures Trading Commission Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service Farm Credit Administration Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service National Agricultural Statistics Service National Institute of Food and Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service United States Forest Service USDA Rural DevelopmentHouse counterpartCommittee on AgricultureSubcommitteesCommodities Risk Management and TradeRural Development and EnergyConservation Forestry and Natural ResourcesNutrition Agricultural Research and Specialty CropsLivestock Marketing and Agriculture SecurityMeeting place328A Russell Senate Office BuildingWebsiteagriculture senate govRulesRule XXV 1 a Standing Rules of the SenateCommittee RulesThe current chair is Democrat Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and the ranking member is Republican John Boozman of Arkansas Contents 1 History 2 Jurisdiction 3 Members 118th Congress 4 Subcommittees 5 Chairs 5 1 Committee on Agriculture 1825 1857 5 2 Committee on Agriculture 1863 1884 5 3 Committee on Agriculture and Forestry 1884 1977 5 4 Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry 1977 present 6 Historical committee rosters 6 1 117th Congress 6 1 1 Subcommittees 6 2 116th Congress 6 2 1 Subcommittees 6 3 115th Congress 6 3 1 Subcommittees 6 4 114th Congress 6 4 1 Subcomittees 6 5 113th Congress 6 5 1 Committees 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory editFounded in 1825 the committee was formed at the request of Senator William Findlay from Pennsylvania Arguing that agriculture was as important to national progress as commerce and manufacturing Findlay succeeded in persuading the full Senate to divide the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures into two separate committees The Committee on Agriculture was formed by resolution on December 9 1825 2 During the first four decades of the existence of this committee the need for it was repeatedly called into question At that time in America nearly of the population was directly engaged in agriculture 2 As such issues related to agriculture overlapped with areas covered by other committees and were often referred to those committees instead of the Agriculture Committee 3 Following a debate over the necessity of various committees to have need of the services of a dedicated clerk a Special Committee was formed to investigate ways to reduce the number and increase the efficiency of the committees 4 On February 17 1857 the Special Committee submitted a plan of reorganization for the committees that did not include the Agriculture Committee During a special session of the Senate on March 5 1857 the Senate approved the Special Committees recommendations and the Committee on Agriculture was dissolved 5 In 1862 the country was embroiled in the Civil War a large influx of immigrants was occurring and the nation was moving towards industrialization That year President Abraham Lincoln signed the Organic Act recreating the Department of Agriculture 6 It became the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry in 1884 a reflection of the growing importance of forests to the country s needs 7 It was renamed again to the Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry in 1977 Nutrition was added to the name after the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 directed the Department of Agriculture to conduct more human nutrition research establish a national nutrition education program and develop a system to monitor America s nutritional status 8 Jurisdiction editIn accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate all proposed legislation messages petitions memorials and other matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Agriculture Committee Agricultural economics and research Agricultural extension services and experiment stations Agricultural production marketing and stabilization of prices Agriculture and agricultural commodities Animal industry and diseases Crop insurance and soil conservation Farm credit and farm security Food from fresh waters Food stamp programs Forestry and forest reserves and wilderness areas other than those created from the public domain Home economics Human nutrition Inspection of livestock meat and agricultural products Pests and pesticides Plant industry soils and agricultural engineering Rural development rural electrification and watersheds School nutrition programs 9 The Agriculture Committee is also charged to study and review on a comprehensive basis matters relating to food nutrition and hunger both in the United States and in foreign countries and rural affairs and report thereon from time to time 9 Members 118th Congress editMain article 118th United States Congress Majority 10 Minority 11 Debbie Stabenow Michigan Chair Sherrod Brown Ohio Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Michael Bennet Colorado Kirsten Gillibrand New York Tina Smith Minnesota Dick Durbin Illinois Cory Booker New Jersey Ben Ray Lujan New Mexico Raphael Warnock Georgia Peter Welch Vermont John Fetterman Pennsylvania John Boozman Arkansas Ranking Member Mitch McConnell Kentucky John Hoeven North Dakota Joni Ernst Iowa Cindy Hyde Smith Mississippi Roger Marshall Kansas Tommy Tuberville Alabama Mike Braun Indiana Chuck Grassley Iowa John Thune South Dakota Deb Fischer NebraskaSubcommittees editSubcommittees 12 Chair Ranking membersCommodities Risk Management and Trade Raphael Warnock D GA John Hoeven R ND Conservation Forestry and Natural Resources Michael Bennet D CO Roger Marshall R KS Livestock Dairy Poultry Local Food Systems and Food Safety and Security Kirsten Gillibrand D NY Cindy Hyde Smith R MS Food and Nutrition Specialty Crops Organics and Research Cory Booker D NJ Mike Braun R IN Rural Development and Energy Tina Smith D MN Joni Ernst R IA Chairs editThe committee under its various names has been chaired by the following senators 13 Committee on Agriculture 1825 1857 edit Chair Party State YearsWilliam Findlay Jacksonian Pennsylvania 1825 1826Calvin Willey Adams Connecticut 1826 1827John Branch Jacksonian North Carolina 1827 1828Ephraim Bateman Adams New Jersey 1828 1829Charles D Bouligny Adams Louisiana 1829William Marks Anti Jackson Pennsylvania 1829 1831Horatio Seymour Anti Jackson Vermont 1831 1833Bedford Brown Jacksonian North Carolina 1833 1836John Page Jacksonian New Hampshire 1836 1837Perry Smith Democratic Connecticut 1837 1839Alexander Mouton Democratic Louisiana 1839 1841Lewis F Linn Democratic Missouri 1841 1843William Upham Whig Vermont 1843 1845Daniel Sturgeon Democratic Pennsylvania 1845 1851Presley Spruance 14 Whig Delaware 1851Pierre Soule Democratic Louisiana 1851 1853Philip Allen Democratic Rhode Island 1853 1857Committee on Agriculture 1863 1884 edit Chair Party State YearsJohn Sherman Republican Ohio 1863 1864James H Lane Republican Kansas 1864 1865John Sherman Republican Ohio 1865 1867Simon Cameron Republican Pennsylvania 1867 1871Oliver Morton Republican Indiana 1871 1872Frederick T Frelinghuysen Republican New Jersey 1872 1877Algernon S Paddock Republican Nebraska 1877 1879John Johnston Democratic Virginia 1879 1881William Mahone Readjuster Republican Virginia 1881 1883Warner Miller Republican New York 1883 1884Committee on Agriculture and Forestry 1884 1977 edit Chair Party State YearsWarner Miller Republican New York 1884 1887Thomas Palmer Republican Michigan 1887 1889Algernon S Paddock Republican Nebraska 1889 1893James Z George Democratic Mississippi 1893 1895Redfield Proctor Republican Vermont 1895 1908Henry C Hansbrough Republican North Dakota 1908 1909Jonathan P Dolliver Republican Iowa 1909 1910Henry E Burnham Republican New Hampshire 1911 1913Thomas P Gore Democratic Oklahoma 1913 1919Asle J Gronna Republican North Dakota 1919 1921George W Norris Republican Nebraska 1921 1926Charles McNary Republican Oregon 1926 1933Ellison D Smith Democratic South Carolina 1933 1944Elmer Thomas Democratic Oklahoma 1944 1947Arthur Capper Republican Kansas 1947 1949Elmer Thomas Democratic Oklahoma 1949 1951Allen J Ellender Democratic Louisiana 1951 1953George D Aiken Republican Vermont 1953 1955Allen J Ellender Democratic Louisiana 1955 1971Herman E Talmadge Democratic Georgia 1971 1977Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry 1977 present edit Chair Party State YearsHerman E Talmadge Democratic Georgia 1977 1981Jesse Helms Republican North Carolina 1981 1987Patrick Leahy Democratic Vermont 1987 1995Richard G Lugar Republican Indiana 1995 2001Thomas Harkin Democratic Iowa 2001 15 Richard G Lugar Republican Indiana 2001Thomas Harkin Democratic Iowa 2001 2003 16 Thad Cochran Republican Mississippi 2003 2005Saxby Chambliss Republican Georgia 2005 2007Tom Harkin Democratic Iowa 2007 2009Blanche Lincoln Democratic Arkansas 2009 2011Debbie Stabenow Democratic Michigan 2011 2015Pat Roberts Republican Kansas 2015 2021Debbie Stabenow Democratic Michigan 2021 presentHistorical committee rosters edit117th Congress edit Main article 117th United States Congress Majority MinorityDebbie Stabenow Michigan Chair Patrick Leahy Vermont Sherrod Brown Ohio Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Michael Bennet Colorado Kirsten Gillibrand New York Tina Smith Minnesota Dick Durbin Illinois Cory Booker New Jersey Ben Ray Lujan New Mexico Raphael Warnock Georgia John Boozman Arkansas Ranking Member Mitch McConnell Kentucky John Hoeven North Dakota Joni Ernst Iowa Cindy Hyde Smith Mississippi Mike Braun Indiana Chuck Grassley Iowa John Thune South Dakota Deb Fischer Nebraska Roger Marshall Kansas Tommy Tuberville AlabamaSubcommittees edit Subcommittees 17 Chair Ranking membersCommodities Markets and Trade Raphael Warnock D GA John Hoeven R ND Conservation Forestry and Natural Resources Michael Bennet D CO Roger Marshall R KS Livestock Dairy Poultry Local Food Systems and Food Safety and Security Kirsten Gillibrand D NY Cindy Hyde Smith R MS Food and Nutrition Specialty Crops Organics and Research Cory Booker D NJ Mike Braun R IN Rural Development and Energy Tina Smith D MN Joni Ernst R IA 116th Congress edit Main article 116th United States Congress Majority MinorityPat Roberts Kansas Chair Mitch McConnell Kentucky John Boozman Arkansas John Hoeven North Dakota Joni Ernst Iowa Cindy Hyde Smith Mississippi Mike Braun Indiana David Perdue Georgia until January 6 2020 Chuck Grassley Iowa John Thune South Dakota Deb Fischer Nebraska Kelly Loeffler Georgia from January 6 2020 Debbie Stabenow Michigan Ranking Member Patrick Leahy Vermont Sherrod Brown Ohio Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Michael Bennet Colorado Kirsten Gillibrand New York Bob Casey Pennsylvania Tina Smith Minnesota Dick Durbin IllinoisSubcommittees edit Subcommittees 18 Chair Ranking membersCommodities Markets and Trade John Boozman R AR Sherrod Brown D OH Conservation Forestry and Natural Resources Mike Braun R IN Michael Bennet D CO Livestock Marketing and Agriculture Security Cindy Hyde Smith R MS Kirsten Gillibrand D NY Nutrition Agricultural Research and Specialty Crops Deb Fischer R NE Bob Casey Jr D PA Rural Development and Energy Joni Ernst R IA Tina Smith D MN Source 19 115th Congress edit Majority MinorityPat Roberts Kansas Chair Thad Cochran Mississippi until April 1 2018 Mitch McConnell Kentucky John Boozman Arkansas John Hoeven North Dakota Joni Ernst Iowa Chuck Grassley Iowa John Thune South Dakota Steve Daines Montana David Perdue Georgia Deb Fischer Nebraska Cindy Hyde Smith Mississippi from April 10 2018 Debbie Stabenow Michigan Ranking Member Patrick Leahy Vermont Sherrod Brown Ohio Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Michael Bennet Colorado Kirsten Gillibrand New York Joe Donnelly Indiana Heidi Heitkamp North Dakota Bob Casey Pennsylvania Chris Van Hollen Maryland until January 2018 Tina Smith Minnesota since January 2018 Subcommittees edit Subcommittees 18 Chair Ranking membersCommodities Markets and Trade John Boozman R AR Heidi Heitkamp D ND Conservation Forestry and Natural Resources Steve Daines R MT Michael Bennet D CO Livestock Marketing and Agriculture Security David Perdue R GA Kirsten Gillibrand D NY Nutrition Agricultural Research and Specialty Crops Luther Strange R AL Bob Casey Jr D PA Rural Development and Energy Joni Ernst R IA Chris Van Hollen D MD 114th Congress edit Majority MinorityPat Roberts Kansas Chair Thad Cochran Mississippi Mitch McConnell Kentucky John Boozman Arkansas John Hoeven North Dakota David Perdue Georgia Joni Ernst Iowa Thom Tillis North Carolina Ben Sasse Nebraska Chuck Grassley Iowa John Thune South Dakota Debbie Stabenow Michigan Ranking Member Patrick Leahy Vermont Sherrod Brown Ohio Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Michael Bennet Colorado Kirsten Gillibrand New York Joe Donnelly Indiana Heidi Heitkamp North Dakota Bob Casey PennsylvaniaSubcomittees edit Subcommittees 18 Chair Ranking membersCommodities Markets and Trade John Boozman R AR Heidi Heitkamp D ND Conservation Forestry and Natural Resources David Perdue R GA Michael Bennet D CO Livestock Marketing and Agriculture Security Ben Sasse R NE Kirsten Gillibrand D NY Nutrition Agricultural Research and Specialty Crops John Hoeven R ND Bob Casey Jr D PA Rural Development and Energy Joni Ernst R IA Chris Van Hollen D MD 113th Congress edit Majority MinorityDebbie Stabenow Michigan Chair Patrick Leahy Vermont Tom Harkin Iowa Max Baucus Montana Sherrod Brown Ohio Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Michael Bennet Colorado Kirsten Gillibrand New York Joe Donnelly Indiana Heidi Heitkamp North Dakota Bob Casey Pennsylvania Thad Cochran Mississippi Ranking Member Mitch McConnell Kentucky Pat Roberts Kansas Saxby Chambliss Georgi John Boozman Arkansas John Hoeven North Dakota Mike Johanns Nebraska Chuck Grassley Iowa John Thune South DakotaCommittees edit Subcommittees 18 Chair Ranking membersCommodities Markets and Trade Joe Donnelly D IN Saxby Chambliss R GA Conservation Forestry and Natural Resources Michael Bennet D CO John Boozman R AR Livestock Marketing and Agriculture Security Kirsten Gillibrand D NY Pat Roberts R KS Nutrition Agricultural Research and Specialty Crops Bob Casey Jr D PA John Hoeven R ND Rural Development and Energy Heidi Heitkamp D ND Mike Johanns R NE See also editList of current United States Senate committees United States House Committee on Agriculture House counterpart References edit Jurisdiction Retrieved September 27 2018 a b Register of Debates in Congress December 9 1825 pp 5 6 Chapter 1 The Committee is Created 1825 1857 The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry 1825 1998 Retrieved September 27 2018 Congressional Globe December 23 1856 pp 182 184 Journal of the Senate March 5 1857 p 386 Daniel J Boorstin 1973 The Americans The Democratic Experience p 119 New York Vintage Press U S Senate 1976 Temporary Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee System p 15 Washington D C Government Printing Office Chapter 7 Borrowing and Credit 1970 1979 The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry 1825 1998 Retrieved September 27 2018 a b Jurisdiction The United States Senate Committee On Agriculture Nutrition amp Forestry Retrieved May 31 2019 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain S Res 30 118th Congress S Res 31 118th Congress Subcommittees Retrieved March 25 2021 Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees 1789 present PDF Retrieved September 23 2020 On March 4 1851 upon convening in special session the Senate resolved That the committees of the Senate at the Executive session shall be formed and constituted the same as at the last session of Congress except where vacancies have occurred by the expiration of the term of any senator and in such cases said vacancies shall be filled by the Chair The terms of both the chairman Daniel Sturgeon and 2nd most senior member of this committee having expired Presley Spruance has been included as chairman on this list At the beginning of the 107th Congress in January 2001 the Senate was evenly divided With a Democratic president and vice president still serving until January 20 the Democratic vice president was available to break a tie and the Democrats thus controlled the Senate for 17 days from January 3 to January 20 On January 3 the Senate adopted S Res 7 designating Democratic senators as committee chairmen to serve during this period and Republican chairmen to serve effective at noon on January 20 2001 On June 6 2001 the Democrats took control of the Senate after Senator James Jeffords VT changed from the Republican Party to Independent and announced that he would caucus with the Democrats Subcommittees Retrieved March 25 2021 a b c d Subcommittees Retrieved September 27 2018 U S Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry www senate gov Retrieved April 11 2018 External links editSenate Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry Committee Archive Senate Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry Committee Legislation activity and reports Congress gov The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry 1825 1998 including Committee membership lists Government Printing Office Committee reports 106th Congress present Commodity Futures Trading Commission Farm Credit Administration Rules of the United States Senate Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry amp oldid 1182026434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
