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United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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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 Committee
Standing committee
Active

United States Senate
118th Congress
History
FormedDecember 9, 1825
Leadership
ChairDebbie Stabenow (D)
Since February 3, 2021
Ranking memberJohn Boozman (R)
Since February 3, 2021
Structure
Political partiesMajority (12)
  •   Democratic (12)
Minority (11)
Jurisdiction
Policy 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 areas
Oversight 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 Development
House counterpartCommittee on Agriculture
Subcommittees
Meeting place
328A Russell Senate Office Building
Website
agriculture.senate.gov
Rules

The current chair is Democrat Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, and the ranking member is Republican John Boozman of Arkansas.

History edit

Founded 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 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]

Jurisdiction edit

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:

  1. Agricultural economics and research.
  2. Agricultural extension services and experiment stations.
  3. Agricultural production, marketing, and stabilization of prices.
  4. Agriculture and agricultural commodities.
  5. Animal industry and diseases.
  6. Crop insurance and soil conservation.
  7. Farm credit and farm security.
  8. Food from fresh waters.
  9. Food stamp programs.
  10. Forestry, and forest reserves and wilderness areas other than those created from the public domain.
  11. Home economics.
  12. Human nutrition.
  13. Inspection of livestock, meat, and agricultural products.
  14. Pests and pesticides.
  15. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
  16. Rural development, rural electrification, and watersheds.
  17. 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 edit

Main article: 118th United States Congress
Majority[10]Minority[11]

Subcommittees edit

Subcommittees[12]ChairRanking members
Commodities, Risk Management and TradeTina Smith (D-MN)Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural ResourcesMichael Bennet (D-CO)Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and SecurityKirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)John Hoeven (R-ND)
Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and ResearchJohn Fetterman (D-PA)Mike Braun (R-IN)
Rural Development and EnergyPeter Welch (D-VT)Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)

Chairs edit

The committee, under its various names, has been chaired by the following senators:[13]

Committee on Agriculture, 1825–1857 edit

ChairPartyStateYears
William FindlayJacksonianPennsylvania1825-1826
Calvin WilleyAdamsConnecticut1826-1827
John BranchJacksonianNorth Carolina1827-1828
Ephraim BatemanAdamsNew Jersey1828-1829
Charles D. BoulignyAdamsLouisiana1829
William MarksAnti-JacksonPennsylvania1829–1831
Horatio SeymourAnti-JacksonVermont1831–1833
Bedford BrownJacksonianNorth Carolina1833–1836
John PageJacksonianNew Hampshire1836–1837
Perry SmithDemocraticConnecticut1837–1839
Alexander MoutonDemocraticLouisiana1839–1841
Lewis F. LinnDemocraticMissouri1841–1843
William UphamWhigVermont1843–1845
Daniel SturgeonDemocraticPennsylvania1845–1851
Presley Spruance[14]WhigDelaware1851
Pierre SouleDemocraticLouisiana1851–1853
Philip AllenDemocraticRhode Island1853–1857

Committee on Agriculture, 1863–1884 edit

ChairPartyStateYears
John ShermanRepublicanOhio1863–1864
James H. LaneRepublicanKansas1864-1865
John ShermanRepublicanOhio1865-1867
Simon CameronRepublicanPennsylvania1867–1871
Oliver MortonRepublicanIndiana1871–1872
Frederick T. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNew Jersey1872–1877
Algernon S. PaddockRepublicanNebraska1877–1879
John JohnstonDemocraticVirginia1879–1881
William MahoneReadjuster/RepublicanVirginia1881-1883
Warner MillerRepublicanNew York1883-1884

Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, 1884–1977 edit

ChairPartyStateYears
Warner MillerRepublicanNew York1884–1887
Thomas PalmerRepublicanMichigan1887–1889
Algernon S. PaddockRepublicanNebraska1889–1893
James Z. GeorgeDemocraticMississippi1893–1895
Redfield ProctorRepublicanVermont1895–1908
Henry C. HansbroughRepublicanNorth Dakota1908–1909
Jonathan P. DolliverRepublicanIowa1909–1910
Henry E. BurnhamRepublicanNew Hampshire1911–1913
Thomas P. GoreDemocraticOklahoma1913–1919
Asle J. GronnaRepublicanNorth Dakota1919–1921
George W. NorrisRepublicanNebraska1921–1926
Charles McNaryRepublicanOregon1926–1933
Ellison D. SmithDemocraticSouth Carolina1933–1944
Elmer ThomasDemocraticOklahoma1944–1947
Arthur CapperRepublicanKansas1947–1949
Elmer ThomasDemocraticOklahoma1949–1951
Allen J. EllenderDemocraticLouisiana1951–1953
George D. AikenRepublicanVermont1953–1955
Allen J. EllenderDemocraticLouisiana1955–1971
Herman E. TalmadgeDemocraticGeorgia1971–1977

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 1977–present edit

ChairPartyStateYears
Herman E. TalmadgeDemocraticGeorgia1977–1981
Jesse HelmsRepublicanNorth Carolina1981–1987
Patrick LeahyDemocraticVermont1987–1995
Richard G. LugarRepublicanIndiana1995–2001
Thomas HarkinDemocraticIowa2001[15]
Richard G. LugarRepublicanIndiana2001
Thomas HarkinDemocraticIowa2001–2003[16]
Thad CochranRepublicanMississippi2003–2005
Saxby ChamblissRepublicanGeorgia2005–2007
Tom HarkinDemocraticIowa2007–2009
Blanche LincolnDemocraticArkansas2009–2011
Debbie StabenowDemocraticMichigan2011–2015
Pat RobertsRepublicanKansas2015–2021
Debbie StabenowDemocraticMichigan2021–present

Historical committee rosters edit

117th Congress edit

Main article: 117th United States Congress
MajorityMinority

Subcommittees edit

Subcommittees[17]ChairRanking members
Commodities, Markets and TradeRaphael Warnock (D-GA)John Hoeven (R-ND)
Conservation, Forestry and Natural ResourcesMichael Bennet (D-CO)Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and SecurityKirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and ResearchCory Booker (D-NJ)Mike Braun (R-IN)
Rural Development and EnergyTina Smith (D-MN)Joni Ernst (R-IA)

116th Congress edit

Main article: 116th United States Congress
MajorityMinority

Subcommittees edit

Subcommittees[18]ChairRanking members
Commodities, Markets and TradeJohn Boozman (R-AR)Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Conservation, Forestry and Natural ResourcesMike Braun (R-IN)Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture SecurityCindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Nutrition, Agricultural Research and Specialty CropsDeb Fischer (R-NE)Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA)
Rural Development and EnergyJoni Ernst (R-IA)Tina Smith (D-MN)

Source [19]

115th Congress edit

MajorityMinority

Subcommittees edit

Subcommittees[18]ChairRanking members
Commodities, Markets and TradeJohn Boozman (R-AR)Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Conservation, Forestry and Natural ResourcesSteve Daines (R-MT)Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture SecurityDavid Perdue (R-GA)Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Nutrition, Agricultural Research and Specialty CropsLuther Strange (R-AL)Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA)
Rural Development and EnergyJoni Ernst (R-IA)Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

114th Congress edit

MajorityMinority

Subcomittees edit

Subcommittees[18]ChairRanking members
Commodities, Markets and TradeJohn Boozman (R-AR)Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Conservation, Forestry and Natural ResourcesDavid Perdue (R-GA)Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture SecurityBen Sasse (R-NE)Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Nutrition, Agricultural Research and Specialty CropsJohn Hoeven (R-ND)Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA)
Rural Development and EnergyJoni Ernst (R-IA)Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

113th Congress edit

MajorityMinority

Committees edit

Subcommittees[18]ChairRanking members
Commodities, Markets and TradeJoe Donnelly (D-IN)Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Conservation, Forestry and Natural ResourcesMichael Bennet (D-CO)John Boozman (R-AR)
Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture SecurityKirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Nutrition, Agricultural Research and Specialty CropsBob Casey Jr. (D-PA)John Hoeven (R-ND)
Rural Development and EnergyHeidi Heitkamp (D-ND)Mike Johanns (R-NE)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Jurisdiction". Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Register of Debates in Congress. December 9, 1825. pp. 5–6.
  3. ^ "Chapter 1: The Committee is Created: 1825–1857". The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 1825–1998. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Congressional Globe, December 23, 1856, pp. 182–184.
  5. ^ Journal of the Senate, March 5, 1857, p. 386.
  6. ^ Daniel J. Boorstin (1973), The Americans: The Democratic Experience p. 119, New York: Vintage Press.
  7. ^ U.S. Senate (1976). Temporary Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee System, p. 15. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
  8. ^ "Chapter 7: Borrowing and Credit: 1970–1979". The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 1825–1998. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "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.
  10. ^ S.Res. 30 (118th Congress)
  11. ^ S.Res. 31 (118th Congress)
  12. ^ "Subcommittees". Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  13. ^ "Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees 1789-present" (PDF). Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  14. ^ On March 4, 1851, upon convening in special session, the Senate resolved, "That the committees of the Senateat the Executive session shall be formed and constituted the same as at the last session of Congress, except wherevacancies have occurred by the expiration of the term of any senator, and in such cases said vacancies shall be filledby the Chair." The terms of both the chairman (Daniel Sturgeon) and 2nd most senior member of this committeehaving expired, Presley Spruance has been included as chairman on this list.
  15. ^ At the beginning of the 107th Congress in January 2001 the Senate was evenly divided. With a Democraticpresident 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 Senateadopted S. Res. 7 designating Democratic senators as committee chairmen to serve during this period andRepublican chairmen to serve effective at noon on January 20, 2001.
  16. ^ On June 6, 2001, the Democrats took control of the Senate after Senator James Jeffords (VT) changed from theRepublican Party to Independent and announced that he would caucus with the Democrats.
  17. ^ "Subcommittees". Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d "Subcommittees". Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  19. ^ "U.S. Senate: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry". www.senate.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2018.

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