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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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403 bills referred in the 118th Congress

2,070 across the 13 Congresses on file, more in this Congress than in any other. 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 118th Congress

Subcommittees

Each with its own members and record

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 118th Congress

Members, 118th Congress 23

Everyone who held a seat in the 118th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow	Chair
R-AR	John Boozman	Ranking Member
D-MN	Amy Klobuchar
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján
R-IA	Chuck Grassley
R-MS	Cindy Hyde-Smith
D-NJ	Cory A. Booker
R-NE	Deb Fischer
D-PA	John Fetterman
R-ND	John Hoeven
R-SD	John Thune
R-IA	Joni Ernst
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand
D-CO	Michael F. Bennet
R-IN	Mike Braun
R-KY	Mitch McConnell
D-VT	Peter Welch
D-GA	Raphael G. Warnock
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin
R-KS	Roger Marshall
D-OH	Sherrod Brown
D-MN	Tina Smith
R-AL	Tommy Tuberville

Subcommittees, 118th Congress 5

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

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 118th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 118th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 2	Ban Gambling on Elections Act of 2024	Referred To	Dec 20, 2024
S 5632	FOOD for Health Act of 2024	Referred To	Dec 19, 2024
S 5596	SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2024	Referred To	Dec 18, 2024
S 5532	Wildfire Intelligence Collaboration and Coordination Act of 2024	Referred To	Dec 12, 2024
S 5496	Fence Line Fairness Act of 2024	Referred To	Dec 11, 2024
S 5475	Meeting Demand for Organic Produce Act	Referred To	Dec 11, 2024
S 5440	Forest Service Accountability Act	Referred To	Dec 5, 2024
S 2514	Colorado River Salinity Control Fix Act	Discharged From	Dec 4, 2024

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 118th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Meeting	An oversight hearing to examine digital commodities.Russell Senate Office Building 328A	Scheduled	Jul 10, 2024
Meeting	An oversight hearing to examine the Department of Agriculture.Russell Senate Office Building 328A	Scheduled	Feb 28, 2024
Meeting	Business meeting to consider the nominations of Basil Ivanhoe Gooden, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, and Summer K. Mersinger, of South Dakota, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Capitol (Senate side) 2191 document	Scheduled	Dec 6, 2023

Meeting	Hearings to examine the nominations of Basil Ivanhoe Gooden, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, and Summer K. Mersinger, of South Dakota, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Russell Senate Office Building 328A1 document	Scheduled	Nov 30, 2023

Meeting	Hearings to examine innovation in American agriculture, focusing on leveraging technology and artificial intelligence.Russell Senate Office Building 328A	Scheduled	Nov 14, 2023
Meeting	Hearings to examine foreign ownership in U.S. agriculture.Russell Senate Office Building 328A	Scheduled	Sep 27, 2023
Meeting	Business meeting to consider the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.Capitol (Senate side) 2161 document	Scheduled	May 17, 2023

Meeting	Hearings to examine the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.Russell Senate Office Building 328A1 document	Scheduled	May 10, 2023

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 118th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 118-450	Keeping Kids Learning in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program234 pages 5 witnesses FitzSimons, Hon. Crystal, Interim Persident, Food Research & Action Center, Washington, DC Redding, Hon. Russell, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA Taylor, Evora Nichole, Director of Food and Nutrition, Chichester School District, Upper Chichester, PA Rentzel, Kay Swartz, Executive Director, Southestern Food Processors Association, National Peach Council, and U.S. Sweet Potato Council, Dillsburg, PA Bruening, Meg, Ph.D., Professor and Department Head, Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA	Sep 18, 2024
S. Hrg. 118-410	Oversight of Digital Commodities51 pages 1 witness Behnam, Hon. Rostin, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC	Jul 10, 2024
S. Hrg. 118-409	The State of Rural Infrastructure: Emergency Response, Recovery, and Resilience131 pages 5 witnesses Brady, Ted, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns, Williston, VT Moore, Julie S., PE, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources, State of Vermont, Middlesex, VT Paap, Hon. Kevin, County Commissioner, Blue Earth County, Garden City, MN Bohlin, Mark D., General Manager, Perdido Bay Water, Sewer, and Fire Protection District, Foley, AL Kimbro, Brad, General Manager and CEO, Wiregrass Electric Cooperative, Ashford, AL	Jul 10, 2024
S. Hrg. 118-502	Hearing on the High Plains: Combating Drought with Innovation169 pagesOn S. 222 15 witnesses Sakata, Robert, Agricultural Water Policy Advisor, Colorado Department of Agriculture, Brighton, CO Goble, Peter, Climatologist, Colorado Climate Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Owen, Constance C., Director, Kansas Water Office, Topeka, KS Redmond, Christopher A., Assistant Meteorologist, Kansas Mesonet Manager, Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Funk, Alexander, Director of Water Resources and Senior Counsel, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Denver, CO Greenberg, Kate, Commissioner of Agriculture, Colorado Department of Agriculture, Broomfield, CO Brown, Don, Director, Republican River Water Conservation District, Yuma, CO Lewis, Jr., Earl D., Chief Engineer and Director of Water Resources, Division of Water Resources, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, KS Janssen, Patrick Milan, President, Kansas Water PACK, Kinsley, KS Simpson, Cleave, General Manager, Rio Grande Water Conservation District, Alamosa, CO Sayles, Curtis E., Owner and Manager, CFS Farms, Seibert, CO Currier, Carlyle, President, Colorado Farm Bureau, Molina, CO Sternberger, Jeff, Owner and General Manager, Midwest Feeders, Inc., Ingalls, KS France, Amy, Vice Chair, National Sorghum Producers, Scott City, KS Parmar, Sarah, Director of Conservation, Colorado Open Lands, Lakewood, CO	Jun 26, 2024
S. Hrg. 118-408	Pathways to Farming: Helping the Next Generation of Farmers177 pages 4 witnesses Good, Christian, Owner/Operator, Christian Good Farms, Macon, MS Parks, Tessa, Farmer, W.T. Farms, National Farmers Union, Northfield, MN Lussier, Kevin, Chair, Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee, American Farm Bureau Federation, Hawthorne, FL Sattazahn, Raechel, Director of Industry and Membership Relations, Horizon Farm Credit, Mechanicsburg, PA	Jun 4, 2024
S. Hrg. 118-407	Oversight of the U.S. Department of Agriculture206 pages	Feb 28, 2024
S. Hrg. 118-373	Nomination for Basil Ivanhoe Gooden to Be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and the Honorable Summer K. Mersinger to Be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission139 pages 2 witnesses Gooden, Basil Ivanhoe, Ph.D., of Virginia, To Be Under Secretary of Agriculture For Rural Development Mersinger, Hon. Summer K., of South Dakota, To Be A Commissioner of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a Term Expiring April 13, 2028 (Reappointment)	Nov 30, 2023
S. Hrg. 118-372	Innovation in American Agriculture: Leveraging Technology and Artificial Intelligence90 pages 5 witnesses Earles, Mason, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Viticulture & Enology, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, CO-PI and Lead of Agricultural Cluster, AI Institute For Next-Generation Food Systems, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA Krishnan, Sanjeev, Chief Investment Officer and Senior Managing Director, S2G Ventures, Chicago, IL Griffiths, Jose-Marie, Ph.D., President, Dakota State University, Madison, SD Hindman, Jahmy, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Deere & Company, Moline, IL Janzen, Todd J., President, Janzen Schroeder Agricultural Law LLC; Administrator, AG Data Transparent Organization, Indianapolis, IN	Nov 14, 2023

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 118th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN1948	Julie Brinn Siegel, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2029, vice Christy Goldsmith Romero, term expired.Commodity Futures Trading Commission	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jul 11, 2024
PN1690	Marcus D. Graham, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring May 21, 2028, vice Glen R. Smith, term expired.Farm Credit Administration	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	May 2, 2024
PN1015	Basil Ivanhoe Gooden, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, vice Xochitl Torres Small, resigned.Department of Agriculture	Confirmed Feb 26, 2024Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Sep 11, 2023
PN739	Summer K. Mersinger, of South Dakota, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2028. (Reappointment)Commodity Futures Trading Commission	Confirmed Feb 26, 2024Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jun 6, 2023
PN382	Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, vice Jewel Hairston Bronaugh.Department of Agriculture	Confirmed Jul 11, 2023Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 84 - 8. Record Vote Number: 174.	Mar 2, 2023
PN108	Margo Schlanger, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Joe Leonard, Jr.Department of Agriculture	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jan 23, 2023
PN107	Stacy Lynn Dean, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, vice Kevin W. Concannon.Department of Agriculture	Returned to the PresidentReturned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.	Jan 23, 2023

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 118th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-6911	A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Brevibacillus Laterosporus Mpp75Aa1.1 and Bacillus Thuringiensis Vpb4Da2 Proteins; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance" (FRL No. 12399-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 20, 2024; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Executive communication	Dec 20, 2024
EC-6910	A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Streptomyces Sviceus DGT-28 EPSPS (5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase) Protein; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance" (FRL No. 12381-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 20, 2024; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Executive communication	Dec 20, 2024
EC-6909	A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry1Da2 protein; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance" (FRL No. 12380-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 20, 2024; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Executive communication	Dec 20, 2024
EC-6908	A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Ethiprole; Pesticide Tolerances" (FRL-12457-01-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 20, 2024; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Executive communication	Dec 20, 2024
EC-6907	A communication from the Program Analyst, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Biobased Markets Program" ((RIN0570-AB05)(Docket No. RBS-24-BUSINESS-0004)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 20, 2024; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Executive communication	Dec 20, 2024
EC-6819	A communication from the Program Analyst, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Modernizing Grant Program Regulation" ((RIN0570-AB03)(Docket No. RBS-24-BUSINESS-0004)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 11, 2024; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Executive communication	Dec 12, 2024
EC-6818	A communication from the Program Analyst, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Law Enforcement; Criminal Prohibitions" (RIN0596-AD57) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 11, 2024; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Executive communication	Dec 12, 2024
EC-6817	A communication from the Program Analyst, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Food Distribution Programs; Improving Access and Parity" ((RIN0584-AE92)(Docket No. FNS-2023-0026)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 11, 2024; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Executive communication	Dec 12, 2024

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 118th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 118-5	Rules of Procedure	PDF · Text
S. Prt. 118-30	S.Prt. 118th Congress	PDF · Text

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	Nominations	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	23	366	19	2	0	36	23	25	231	1
118th2023–2024	23	403	1	1	0	15	24	7	339	2
117th2021–2022	22	158	4	1	0	34	31	22	251	2
116th2019–2020	21	132	4	1	1	12	16	10	362	1
115th2017–2018	25	161	4	4	0	—	23	19	380	1
114th2015–2016	20	79	7	2	2	—	18	6	482	1
113th2013–2014	22	77	4	0	1	—	17	13	484	1
112th2011–2012	21	84	3	3	1	—	23	6	542	0
111th2009–2010	21	117	6	4	1	—	29	39	408	0
110th2007–2008	21	156	2	1	1	—	33	7	313	0
109th2005–2006	20	102	2	2	1	—	49	26	599	0
108th2003–2004	21	106	3	8	2	—	17	11	617	0
107th2001–2002	21	129	4	2	1	—	42	41	640	0

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