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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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

Upcoming Schedule

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

Leadership

Republican • Arkansas

Democrat • Minnesota

Members (27)

Deborah Ann Stabenow

Democrat • MI

John Boozman

Republican • AR

Amy Klobuchar

Democrat • MN

Addison Mitchell McConnell

Republican • KY

Michael F. Bennet

Democrat • CO

Sherrod Brown

Democrat • OH

John Hoeven

Republican • ND

Tina Smith

Democrat • MN

Joni Ernst

Republican • IA

Richard Joseph Durbin

Democrat • IL

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Republican • MS

Cory Anthony Booker

Democrat • NJ

Kirsten Gillibrand

Democrat • NY

Ben Ray Luján

Democrat • NM

Roger Wayne Marshall

Republican • KS

Raphael Gamaliel Warnock

Democrat • GA

Thomas Hawley Tuberville

Republican • AL

James Conley Justice

Republican • WV

Michael Braun

Republican • IN

Peter Welch

Democrat • VT

Charles Ernest Grassley

Republican • IA

John Karl Fetterman

Democrat • PA

Adam Schiff

Democrat • CA

John Thune

Republican • SD

Debra Fischer

Republican • NE

Elissa Slotkin

Democrat • MI

Jerry Moran

Republican • KS

Recent Legislation

Direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.

3/16/2026Referred To

Subcommittees

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

Meeting Videos

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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.119-98

Nomination Of Michael Boren To Be Under Secretary Of Agriculture For Natural Resources And Environment

Jun 3, 2025View PDF

Senate

S.Hrg.119-016

Perspectives From The Field: Farmer And Rancher Views On The Agricultural Economy, Part 2

Feb 26, 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.119-27

To Review H.r. 471, The Fix Our Forests Act, And Options To Reduce Catastrophic Wildfire

Mar 6, 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.119-5

Nomination Of Brooke Rollins To Be Secretary Of Agriculture

Jan 23, 2025View PDF

New Mexico senator

Reauthorize Agricultural and Food Policy Research Centers.

Eric Stephen Schmitt

Missouri senator

3/12/2026Referred To

Amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to improve education and risk management assistance, and for other purposes.

Christopher Murphy

Connecticut senator

3/12/2026Referred To

Amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to modify provisions relating to rural decentralized water systems grants.

Cory Anthony Booker

New Jersey senator

3/12/2026Referred To

Amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve wildlife habitat connectivity and wildlife migration corridors, and for other purposes.

Martin Heinrich

New Mexico senator

3/12/2026Referred To

Amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to establish research and extension grant priorities, and for other purposes.

Thomas Jonathan Ossoff

Georgia senator

3/11/2026Referred To

Amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to establish online and delivery standards, and for other purposes.

John Karl Fetterman

Pennsylvania senator

3/10/2026Referred To

Amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the listing of contracts relating to war, death, and similar activities.

California senator

3/10/2026Referred To

Oct 21, 2025

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