United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
Introduction The '''U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research''' is one of five subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
Name changes The subcommittee was renamed for the 115th United States Congress (2017).It was previously:*115th-116th Congresses: '''Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops'''*112th-114th Congresses: '''Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research'''*Prior to 112th Congress: '''Subcommittee on Nutrition and Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms'''.
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". 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.
Members ===118th Congress=== Majority Minority* John Fetterman, Pennsylvania, ''Chair''* Sherrod Brown, Ohio* Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota* Kirsten Gillibrand, New York* Raphael Warnock, Georgia* Cory Booker, New Jersey* Mike Braun, Indiana, ''Ranking Member''* Mitch McConnell, Kentucky* Joni Ernst, Iowa* Roger Marshall, Kansas* Tommy Tuberville, Alabama ''Ex officio''* Debbie Stabenow, Michigan* John Boozman, Arkansas
References
External links * Subcommittee webpage