The House Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture is a

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within the

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. The subcommittee was previously known as the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, but its duties were split at the start of the

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when the United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture was established. The Chair of the subcommittee is Democrat Jim Costa of California, and its Ranking Member is Dusty Johnson of South Dakota.

Jurisdiction

Policies, statutes, and markets relating to all livestock, poultry, dairy, and seafood, including all products thereof; the inspection, marketing, and promotion of such commodities and products; aquaculture; animal welfare; grazing; foreign agricultural assistance and trade promotion.

Jurisdiction

Members, 117th Congress

Historical membership rosters

116th Congress

115th Congress

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