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Agriculture Committee

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Committee on Agriculture

Showing the 109th Congress (2005–2006). Back to the 119th Congress

224 bills referred in the 109th 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 109th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Members, 109th Congress 49

Everyone who held a seat in the 109th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Chair
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Ranking Member
D-KY	Ben ChandlerJoined Feb 2, 2005
D-MS	Bennie G. ThompsonLeft Feb 2, 2005
D-NC	Bob Etheridge
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.
D-LA	Charlie Melancon
D-GA	David Scott
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza
R-CA	Devin Nunes
D-ND	Earl PomeroyJoined Feb 2, 2005
D-HI	Ed Case
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht
D-TX	Henry Cuellar
R-OH	Jean SchmidtJoined Sep 15, 2005
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry
R-KS	Jerry Moran
D-CA	Jim Costa
D-GA	Jim Marshall
R-AL	Jo Bonner
D-CA	Joe Baca
R-OH	John A. Boehner
D-GA	John Barrow
R-MI	John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.
D-CO	John T. Salazar
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway
D-IA	Leonard L. BoswellJoined Feb 2, 2005
D-TN	Lincoln DavisJoined Feb 2, 2005
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave
R-IN	Michael E. SodrelJoined Mar 9, 2006
D-NC	Mike McIntyre
R-IN	Mike Pence
R-AL	Mike Rogers
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo
D-WA	Rick LarsenJoined Feb 2, 2005
R-NC	Robin Hayes
R-MO	Sam Graves
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
R-IA	Steve King
R-AL	Terry Everett
D-PA	Tim Holden
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson
R-NE	Tom Osborne
R-NC	Virginia Foxx
R-TN	William L. Jenkins

Subcommittees, 109th Congress 5

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 109th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 109th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HR 6423	To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 and to offset the cost of payments to States and counties under such Act, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Dec 11, 2006
HR 6355	To make funds available for program integrity purposes, including the data mining project, under the Federal Crop Insurance Act.	Referred To	Dec 11, 2006
HR 6353	To extend the suspension of the limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for guaranteed farm operating loans.	Referred To	Dec 11, 2006
HR 6379	Spinach Research and Recovery Act of 2006	Referred To	Dec 6, 2006
SCONRES 119	A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that public policy should continue to protect and strengthen the ability of farmers and ranchers to join together in cooperative self-help efforts.	Referred To	Dec 5, 2006
HR 6331	To amend the environmental quality incentives program of the Department of Agriculture to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to active agricultural producers for the construction of reservoirs as part of their agricultural operations for the storage of water, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Nov 28, 2006
HR 6193	EAT Healthy America Act	Referred To	Oct 27, 2006
S 4001	New England Wilderness Act of 2006	Referred To	Oct 16, 2006

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 109th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
Serial No. 109-36	The Horse Protection Act54 pagesOn H.R. 503	Jul 27, 2006

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 109th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 109-746	Report on Activities During the 109th Congress	Jan 2, 2007
H. Rept. 109-710	Resolution on Use of Renewable Resources for Energy ProductionOn H.Con.Res. 424	Sep 29, 2006
H. Rept. 109-668	Pic and Pops Conventions and the Lrtap Pops Protocol Implementation ActOn H.R. 3849	Sep 19, 2006
H. Rept. 109-617	Prohibition on Shipping, Transporting, Moving, Delivering, Receiving, Possessing, Purchasing, Selling, or Donation of Horses and Other Equines for Slaughter for Human ConsumptionOn H.R. 503	Sep 6, 2006
H. Rept. 109-261	Stopp Act of 2005On H.R. 3405	Oct 31, 2005

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 8

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 109th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Mar 9, 2006	Michael E. Sodrel R-IN	Joined	H.Res. 715
Sep 15, 2005	Jean Schmidt R-OH	Joined	H.Res. 445
Feb 2, 2005	Bennie G. Thompson D-MS	Resigned from the committee	Congressional Record, H317
Feb 2, 2005	Rick Larsen D-WA	Joined	H.Res. 62
Feb 2, 2005	Leonard L. Boswell D-IA	Joined	H.Res. 62
Feb 2, 2005	Lincoln Davis D-TN	Joined	H.Res. 62
Feb 2, 2005	Ben Chandler D-KY	Joined	H.Res. 62
Feb 2, 2005	Earl Pomeroy D-ND	Joined	H.Res. 62

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