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Agriculture Committee

agriculture.house.gov

Committee on Agriculture

Showing the 108th Congress (2003–2004). Back to the 119th Congress

239 bills referred in the 108th Congress

4,680 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 118th at 792. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 108th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 108th Congress 55

Everyone who held a seat in the 108th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-VA	Bob GoodlatteJoined Jun 20, 2003	Chair
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm	Ranking Member
R-FL	Adam H. PutnamLeft Sep 29, 2004
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila
D-IN	Baron P. Hill
D-KY	Ben ChandlerJoined Mar 31, 2004
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson
D-NC	Bob Etheridge
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering
R-IN	Chris Chocola
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson
D-GA	David ScottJoined Feb 5, 2003
D-CA	Dennis A. CardozaJoined Feb 5, 2003
R-MT	Denny Rehberg
R-CA	Devin Nunes
R-CA	Doug Ose
D-ND	Earl PomeroyJoined Feb 13, 2003
D-HI	Ed CaseJoined Feb 5, 2003
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas
D-NC	Frank W. Ballance Jr.Joined Feb 5, 2003 · Left Jun 9, 2004
D-NC	G. K. ButterfieldJoined Jul 22, 2004
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht
R-KS	Jerry Moran
D-GA	Jim MarshallJoined Feb 5, 2003
R-AL	Jo Bonner
D-CA	Joe Baca
R-OH	John A. Boehner
D-KY	Ken LucasLeft Mar 30, 2004
R-TX	Larry CombestLeft May 23, 2003
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell
D-TN	Lincoln DavisJoined Feb 13, 2003
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave
D-CO	Mark UdallJoined Feb 13, 2003
R-GA	Max Burns
D-NC	Mike McIntyre
R-IN	Mike Pence
R-AL	Mike Rogers
D-AR	Mike Ross
D-CA	Mike ThompsonJoined Feb 13, 2003 · Left Jun 3, 2004
R-MI	Nick Smith
R-TX	Randy NeugebauerJoined Jun 19, 2003
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo
D-WA	Rick Larsen
R-NC	Robin Hayes
R-LA	Rodney AlexanderJoined Feb 5, 2003
R-MO	Sam Graves
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth SandlinJoined Jun 3, 2004
R-IA	Steve King
R-AL	Terry Everett
D-PA	Tim Holden
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson
R-NE	Tom Osborne
R-SD	William J. JanklowLeft Jan 20, 2004
R-TN	William L. Jenkins

Subcommittees, 108th Congress 5

Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 108th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 108th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 5408	Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2004	Referred To	Dec 2, 2004
S 2866	Commodity Assessment, Protection, and Reform Act	Referred To	Nov 24, 2004
S 2856	A bill to limit the transfer of certain Commodity Credit Coporation funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs.	Referred To	Nov 17, 2004
S 2965	A bill to amend the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 1999 to modify the termination date for mandatory price reporting.	Referred To	Nov 16, 2004
HR 5312	Act to Save America's Forests	Referred To	Oct 20, 2004
HR 5248	To designate the parcel of land containing the facility of the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture located at State Highway 26 West in Poplarville, Mississippi, as the "Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory Site".	Referred To	Oct 20, 2004
HR 5180	To extend the authority of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 through October 22, 2005.	Referred To	Oct 12, 2004
HR 5106	To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to expand the Agricultural Management Assistance Program to include the State of Hawaii.	Referred To	Oct 12, 2004

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 108th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 108-804	Report on Activities During the 108th Congress	Jan 3, 2005
H. Rept. 108-750	Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004On H.R. 3242	Oct 6, 2004
H. Rept. 108-155	Recognition of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of Agriculture on the Occasion of Its 50th AnniversaryOn H.J.Res. 49	Jun 16, 2003
H. Rept. 108-96,Part 1	Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003On H.R. 1904	May 9, 2003

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	55	729	3	1	3	21	19	105	1
118th2023–2024	55	792	4	4	4	19	28	185	4
117th2021–2022	56	458	15	1	16	36	38	88	2
116th2019–2020	50	387	1	3	2	8	38	195	3
115th2017–2018	46	354	10	5	11	24	14	178	2
114th2015–2016	46	234	12	9	13	43	63	211	2
113th2013–2014	49	273	8	3	10	4	24	—	2
112th2011–2012	48	252	9	4	12	0	36	—	3
111th2009–2010	50	201	7	5	8	—	60	—	2
110th2007–2008	48	278	4	10	5	—	49	—	2
109th2005–2006	49	224	4	7	5	—	1	—	0
108th2003–2004	55	239	4	23	4	—	0	—	0
107th2001–2002	53	259	2	6	3	—	0	—	0

Membership changes 26

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 108th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Sep 29, 2004	Adam H. Putnam R-FL	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H7737
Jul 22, 2004	G. K. Butterfield D-NC	Joined	H.Res. 741
Jun 9, 2004	Frank W. Ballance Jr. D-NC	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jun 3, 2004	Mike Thompson D-CA	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H3747
Jun 3, 2004	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD	Joined	H.Res. 661
Mar 31, 2004	Ben Chandler D-KY	Joined	H.Res. 590
Mar 30, 2004	Ken Lucas D-KY	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H1718
Jan 20, 2004	William J. Janklow R-SD	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jun 19, 2003	Randy Neugebauer R-TX	Joined	H.Res. 284
May 23, 2003	Larry Combest R-TX	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Feb 26, 2003	Ken Lucas D-KY	Joined	H.Res. 104
Feb 13, 2003	Mark Udall D-CO	Joined	H.Res. 79
Feb 13, 2003	Mike Thompson D-CA	Joined	H.Res. 79
Feb 13, 2003	Rick Larsen D-WA	Joined	H.Res. 79
Feb 13, 2003	Lincoln Davis D-TN	Joined	H.Res. 79
Feb 13, 2003	Leonard L. Boswell D-IA	Joined	H.Res. 79
Feb 13, 2003	Earl Pomeroy D-ND	Joined	H.Res. 79
Feb 12, 2003	Ken Lucas D-KY	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H455
Feb 5, 2003	Rick Larsen D-WA	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H313
Feb 5, 2003	Leonard L. Boswell D-IA	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H313
Feb 5, 2003	Rodney Alexander R-LA	Joined	H.Res. 52
Feb 5, 2003	Frank W. Ballance Jr. D-NC	Joined	H.Res. 52
Feb 5, 2003	David Scott D-GA	Joined	H.Res. 52
Feb 5, 2003	Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA	Joined	H.Res. 52
Feb 5, 2003	Ed Case D-HI	Joined	H.Res. 52
Feb 5, 2003	Jim Marshall D-GA	Joined	H.Res. 52

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