The House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry is a
subcommittee within the
House Agriculture Committee
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, or Agriculture Committee is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The House Committee on Agriculture has general jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight of s ...
.
The subcommittee was previously known as the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, but its duties were split at the start of the
110th Congress
The 110th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the Presidency of George W. Bush. It was composed of ...
when the
was established. Between then and the 118th Congress it had jurisdiction over foreign agriculture and trade and was known as the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture accordingly.
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; and related oversight of such issues.
Members, 118th Congress
Historical membership rosters
117th Congress
116th Congress
115th Congress
External links
Subcommittee page
References
Agriculture Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
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