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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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The Senate Committee on Agriculture has legislative jurisdiction over agriculture, food, and nutrition.

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Leadership

Chairman

John Boozman

Republican • Arkansas

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Senate

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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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The Senate Committee on Agriculture has legislative jurisdiction over agriculture, food, and nutrition.

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No upcoming meetings, hearings, or markups scheduled for this committee.

Leadership

Chairman

John Boozman

Republican • Arkansas

Ranking Member

Amy Klobuchar

Democrat • Minnesota

Members (23)

John Boozman

Republican • AR

Chairman

Amy Klobuchar

Democrat • MN

Ranking Member

Addison Mitchell McConnell

Republican • KY

Member

Michael F. Bennet

Democrat • CO

Member

John Hoeven

Republican • ND

Member

Tina Smith

Democrat • MN

Member

Joni Ernst

Republican • IA

Member

Richard Joseph Durbin

Democrat • IL

Member

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican • MS

Member

Cory Anthony Booker

Democrat • NJ

Member

Ben Ray Luján

Democrat • NM

Member

Roger Wayne Marshall

Republican • KS

Member

Raphael Gamaliel Warnock

Democrat • GA

Member

Thomas Hawley Tuberville

Republican • AL

Member

James Conley Justice

Republican • WV

Member

Peter Welch

Democrat • VT

Member

Charles Ernest Grassley

Republican • IA

Member

John Karl Fetterman

Democrat • PA

Member

Adam Schiff

Democrat • CA

Member

John Thune

Republican • SD

Member

Debra Fischer

Republican • NE

Member

Elissa Slotkin

Democrat • MI

Member

Jerry Moran

Republican • KS

Member

Legislation

534

Total Bills

Became Law

Passed House

Passed Senate

377

In Committee

Recent Activity

S-4234

Subcommittees

Meeting Videos

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Senate

Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Selig, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Hearings to examine the nomination of Glen Smith, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Mindy Brashears, of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, Stella Herrell, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary, and John Walk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, all of the Department of Agriculture.

Business meeting to consider H.R.4550, to reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, S.1462, to improve forest management activities on National Forest System land, public land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and Tribal land to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested land, S.277, to release a Federal reversionary interest and convey mineral interests in Chester County, Tennessee, S.1680, to designate additions to the Rough Mountain Wilderness and the Rich Hole Wilderness of the George Washington National Forest, S.2440, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System land located in Franklin County, Mississippi, H.R.197, to provide for a land exchange in the Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota, S.1262, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest in certain land in the Black River State Forest in Millston, Wisconsin, S.2548, to designate the Camp Hutchins Wilderness and establish Special Management Areas in the Shawnee National Forest in the State of Illinois, S.1681, to establish the Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area in the State of Virginia, H.R.1612, to designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest, S.1350, to modify the boundaries of the Talladega National Forest, S.1376, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Benton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail, S.1876, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982, S.638, to amend the Act of June 22, 1948, and an original bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas.

Hearing Records

37 transcripts available

Senate

S.Hrg.119-74

Legislative Hearing To Review S. 1462, Fix Our Forests Act

May 6, 2025View PDF

Senate

S.Hrg.119-78

Perspectives From The Field, Part 4: Conservation

May 13, 2025View PDF

Senate

S.Hrg.119-176

Nomination Of Glen Smith To Be Under Secretary Of Agriculture For Rural Development

Nov 5, 2025View PDF

Senate

S.Hrg.119-214

Nomination Of Michael Selig To Be Chairman And Commissioner Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Nov 19, 2025View PDF

Senate

S.Hrg.119-5

Nomination Of Brooke Rollins To Be Secretary Of Agriculture

Jan 23, 2025View PDF

Senate

S.Hrg.119-115

Stakeholder Perspectives On Federal Oversight Of Digital Commodities

Jul 15, 2025View PDF

Amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to improve that Act, and for other purposes.

Michael F. Bennet

Colorado senator

3/26/2026Referred To

S-4274

Authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer title to certain aircraft and related parts loaned under the Federal Excess Personal Property program to authorized users after a qualifying period of use, and for other purposes.

Timothy Patrick Sheehy

3/26/2026Referred To

S-4215

AFFIRM Act of 2026

Jeanne Shaheen

3/26/2026Referred To

S-4236

Amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility of Department of Agriculture loans and grants for fishing and mariculture businesses, and for other purposes.

Lisa Murkowski

3/26/2026Referred To

S-4226

Amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit certain event contracts on prediction markets, and for other purposes.

Jeff Merkley

3/26/2026Referred To

Oct 21, 2025

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Recent Activity

Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade

Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology

Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research

Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety

Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit

Hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Selig, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Hearings to examine the nomination of Glen Smith, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Mindy Brashears, of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, Stella Herrell, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary, and John Walk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, all of the Department of Agriculture.

Legislative Hearing To Review S. 1462, Fix Our Forests Act

Perspectives From The Field, Part 4: Conservation

Nomination Of Glen Smith To Be Under Secretary Of Agriculture For Rural Development

Nomination Of Michael Selig To Be Chairman And Commissioner Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Nomination Of Brooke Rollins To Be Secretary Of Agriculture

Stakeholder Perspectives On Federal Oversight Of Digital Commodities