The U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research and Specialty Crops is one of five subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
Video United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research and Specialty Crops
Name changes
The subcommittee was renamed for the 115th United States Congress (2017).
It was previously:
- 112-114th Congresses: Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research
- Prior to 112th Congress: Subcommittee on Nutrition and Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms.
Maps United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research and Specialty Crops
Jurisdiction
This subcommittee has jurisdiction over "domestic and international nutrition and food assistance and hunger prevention; school and child nutrition programs; local and healthy food initiatives; futures, options and derivatives; pesticides; and general legislation". The origins of the subcommittee lay in the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs that was active from 1968 to 1977 before being subsumed into the Agriculture Committee.
Members
115th Congress
114th Congress
113th Congress
112th Congress
References
External links
- Subcommittee webpage
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