Agriculture Committee
U.S. House•Standing
Summary
Agriculture is a standing committee of the U.S. House with 6 subcommittees and 53 members. It has 483 bills before it this session, has held 15 hearings and has filed 3 reports.
Chair
Chair: Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA). Ranking Member: Rep. Angela Craig (D-MN). Online at agriculture.house.gov.
Agriculture has 483 bills, 47 meetings and 3 reports on the record this session.
Members
53 members sit on Agriculture, 29 in the majority and 24 in the minority; Glenn Thompson is Chair, Austin Scott is Vice Chair and Angela Craig is Ranking Member.
Subcommittees
The committee's work is divided among 6 subcommittees.
Bills
483 bills have been referred to Agriculture this session, and 479 of them are still in committee.
Meetings
Agriculture has 32 meetings on the calendar.
Reports
Agriculture has filed 3 reports and issued 1 print this Congress.
Communications
31 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Agriculture this Congress.
Lobbying
1,605 clients and 1,015 firms named 364 of the bills referred to Agriculture in 5,225 quarterly filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Registrants filing on those bills, and the bills they named most.
The bills most often named.
History
The committee has carried 1 name since May 3, 1820, established by 16 House Journal 479.