United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research is one of five subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

Jurisdiction

This subcommittee has jurisdiction over "domestic and international nutrition and food assistance and hunger prevention; school and child nutrition programs; local and healthy food initiatives; futures, options and derivatives; pesticides; and general legislation".^[1] The origins of the subcommittee lay in the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs that was active from 1968 to 1977 before being subsumed into the Agriculture Committee.^[2]

The subcommittee was renamed for the 112th United States Congress (2011). It was previously the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms.

Members

114th Congress

Majority	Minority
John Hoeven, North Dakota, Chairman Mitch McConnell, Kentucky John Boozman, Arkansas Joni Ernst, Iowa Thom Tillis, North Carolina Ben Sasse, Nebraska	Bob Casey, Pennsylvania, Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, Vermont Sherrod Brown, Ohio Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Michael Bennet, Colorado
Ex officio
Pat Roberts, Kansas	Debbie Stabenow, Michigan

113th Congress

Majority	Minority
Bob Casey, Pennsylvania, Chairman Patrick Leahy, Vermont Tom Harkin, Iowa Sherrod Brown, Ohio Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Michael Bennet, Colorado	John Hoeven, North Dakota, Ranking Member Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Chuck Grassley, Iowa John Thune, South Dakota
Ex officio
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan	Thad Cochran, Mississippi

112th Congress

Majority	Minority
Bob Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania, Chairman Patrick Leahy, Vermont Tom Harkin, Iowa Sherrod Brown, Ohio Michael Bennet, Colorado Kirsten Gillibrand, New York	Richard Lugar, Indiana, Ranking Member Thad Cochran, Mississippi Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Mike Johanns, Nebraska John Hoeven, North Dakota
Ex officio
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan	Pat Roberts, Kansas

References

↑ http://ag.senate.gov/site/subcmtes.html
↑ Nestle, Marion (2007). Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (2nd ed.). University of California Press. pp. 38–42. ISBN 0-520-25403-1.

External links

Subcommittee webpage

Current United States Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittees

Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)	Aging (Special) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Ethics (Select) Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Intelligence (Select) Judiciary Narcotics (Caucus) Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs

House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Benghazi (Select) Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Standing committees, Defunct committees

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