The House Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development is a
subcommittee
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within the
House Agriculture Committee
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. It was previously known as the subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, but lost jurisdiction over agricultural credit at the 118th Congress.
It is currently chaired by Democrat
Antonio Delgado
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of New York and its Ranking Member is Republican
Michelle Fischbach
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of Minnesota.
Jurisdiction
Policies, statutes, and markets relating to commodity exchanges; rural development; energy; rural electrification; and related oversight of such issues.
History
The subcommittee was formerly known as the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research prior to the
110th Congress
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when rural development issues and several other of its responsibilities, such as farm security and family farming matters, plant pests and pesticides, and biotechnology were transferred to other subcommittees. Energy was also added to the subcommittee's title to reflect the committee's continued oversight over the federal
Rural Electrification
Rural electrification is the process of bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. Rural communities are suffering from colossal market failures as the national grids fall short of their demand for electricity. As of 2017, over 1 billion ...
program and the increases development and use of biofuels in the United States.
At the start of the
112th Congress
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, the subcommittee gained jurisdiction over forestry issues from the
Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry and was renamed Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
At the start of the
114th Congress, the subcommittee was again renamed and its jurisdictional purview changed.
Members, 118th Congress
Historical membership rosters
117th Congress
116th Congress
115th Congress
References
External links
Subcommittee page
Agriculture Conservation, Credit, and Forestry
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