House Committee on Agriculture

Bills

There are 140 bills referred to this committee. Below find the top 100:

• H.R. 869: RISE Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.Res. 271: Recognizing the importance of the blueberry industry to the United States and supporting the designation of July 2021 as National Blueberry Month.
  Sponsor: Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA2]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1542: Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Investment and Market Expansion Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Cynthia Axne [D-IA3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3211: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Joe Neguse [D-CO2]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1503: Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA49]
  Status: Ordered Reported
• H.R. 2244: To provide for the adjustment or modification by the Secretary of Agriculture of loans for critical rural utility service providers, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Tom O’Halleran [D-AZ1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2682: To establish an Outdoor Restoration Fund for restoration and resilience projects, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO6]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 279: Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ7]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2989: To amend securities, commodities, and banking laws to make the information reported to financial regulatory agencies electronically searchable, to further enable the development of RegTech and Artificial Intelligence applications, to put the U
  Sponsor: Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY12]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 487: RESET for America’s Future Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA7]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1602: Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC10]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1506: Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA47]
  Status: Ordered Reported
• H.R. 2712: To ensure that certain loan programs of the Small Business Administration are made available to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D-NY7]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2534: To provide incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program, and for other purposes
  Sponsor: Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA7]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2468: To ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the United States, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2049: To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to promote reforestation following unplanned events on Federal land, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA20]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2820: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a program to reduce barriers to entry for farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners in certain voluntary markets, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA7]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2585: To conduct fire salvage on certain National Forest System lands burned by wildfire, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Dusty Johnson [R-SD0]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3220: To establish a Restore Employment in Natural and Environmental Work Conservation Corps in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1174: FIR Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Matthew Rosendale [R-MT0]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1983: MONARCH Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA20]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 543: POWER Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Yvette Herrell [R-NM2]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2713: To provide for equitable treatment for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
  Sponsor: Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D-NY7]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2919: To establish a Federal agenda to transform, heal, and renew the United States by investing in a vibrant economy, to provide funds to certain Federal investment programs that meet related labor, equity, and environmental standards, and for othe
  Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI12]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2061: To establish an interagency One Health Program, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR5]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3176: To designate as wilderness certain National Forest System land in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. John Curtis [R-UT3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2176: To provide for the continued and uninterrupted production of domestic minerals in the United States.
  Sponsor: Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT2]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1038: Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Kelly Armstrong [R-ND0]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 633: State National Forest Management Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Don Young [R-AK0]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3113: To require the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to digitize and make publicly available geographic information system mapping data relating to public access to Fed
  Sponsor: Rep. Blake Moore [R-UT1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2186: To amend the Agricultural Act of 1961 to modify the limitations applicable to qualified conservation loan guarantees, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL12]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1692: RESTORE Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Ronny Jackson [R-TX13]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2021: Environmental Justice For All Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Raúl Grijalva [D-AZ3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2241: To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Civilian Climate Corps, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Joe Neguse [D-CO2]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 794: Climate Emergency Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2639: To establish forest conservation practices through management, reforestation, and utilization which lead to the sequestration of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR4]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2698: To extend the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to include oversight of markets which set reference prices for aluminum premiums, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL5]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2789: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to administer a pilot program to employ veterans in positions that relate to conservation and resource management activities.
  Sponsor: Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA17]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3075: To address seafood slavery and combat illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA2]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2612: To provide for forest landscape projects, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 806: Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI12]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2649: To decriminalize cannabis, to establish an Equitable Licensing Grant Program in the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2840: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for the humane treatment of dogs, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3277: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase protections for animals, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL8]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2918: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate and complete notice and comment rulemaking to implement recommendations approved by the National Organic Standards Board, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR4]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1848: To rebuild and modernize the Nation’s infrastructure to expand access to broadband and Next Generation 9-1-1, rehabilitate drinking water infrastructure, modernize the electric grid and energy supply infrastructure, redevelop brownfields, stre
  Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ6]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1721: To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to authorize additional funds for the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund, to provide grants to States and Tribal Entities to strengthen the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier, to provid
  Sponsor: Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX33]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3187: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.
  Sponsor: Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA18]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3206: To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a lifetime National Recreational Pass for law enforcement officers.
  Sponsor: Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA4]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3132: To reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV2]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3014: To preserve access to Federal lands, control fires, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Boebert [R-CO3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2757: To require the Natural Resources Conservation Service to review the national conservation practice standards, taking into consideration climate benefits, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA26]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2756: To require a study of the barriers to conservation practice adoption on leased agricultural land, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA26]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2456: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide for the establishment of climate change mitigation bundles, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL14]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2477: To provide support for urban forests, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis [R-NY11]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2424: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which the Secretary awards grants to States or State departments of agriculture for the purposes of providing support to agricultural fairs for losses sustained due to COVID-1
  Sponsor: Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA20]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2562: To address the nationwide shortage of tree seedlings, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Cliff Bentz [R-OR2]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2581: To establish a biochar demonstration project and biochar grant program, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Yvette Herrell [R-NM2]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2313: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for better protection of workers using registered pesticides, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2500: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to assess the use of new technologies across reforestation activities, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Blake Moore [R-UT1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2507: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to pre-agreement costs of emergency watershed protection measures, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. John Curtis [R-UT3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 498: Rural Equal Aid Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Cynthia Axne [D-IA3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1679: Western Water Security Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Boebert [R-CO3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1821: RURAL Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH7]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 932: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on national forest volunteers, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA9]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 713: To promote accountability and transparency in future executive orders.
  Sponsor: Rep. Tracey Mann [R-KS1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2816: To provide for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program.
  Sponsor: Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA8]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 488: Saving America’s Mines Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN8]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 220: STRESS under COVID–19 Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN6]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 218: Saving America’s Energy Future Act
  Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger [R-TX11]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1389: Invasive Species Prevention and Forest Restoration Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Peter Welch [D-VT0]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3100: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, establish college student food insecurity demonstration programs, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT5]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2791: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a renewable energy grant program for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of the United States, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA33]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 267: 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA5]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 421: Assuring You Uniform Dietary Assistance (AYUDA) Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP0]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 859: Protecting American Energy Jobs Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Boebert [R-CO3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2361: To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish the Rural Innovation and Partnership Administration and to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish the Rural Future Partnership Fund to i
  Sponsor: Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY19]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1047: Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. John Curtis [R-UT3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 939: CARR Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 940: Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1798: Emergency Rural Community Relief Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL12]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 247: Acre In, Acre Out Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA9]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3028: To establish the Land Port of Entry Modernization Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX28]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2400: To allow Rural Utilities Service telecommunications grants to be made for the collection of broadband infrastructure data by local governments, economic development or other community organizations, electric or telephone cooperatives, and smal
  Sponsor: Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY19]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1919: EATS Act of 2021
  Sponsor: Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA34]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2102: To eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production.
  Sponsor: Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN5]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2621: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a forestry education and workforce development grant program, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Russ Fulcher [R-ID1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2613: To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to establish a competitive grant program under which the Secretary of Agriculture provides grants to land-grant colleges and universities to support agricultural producers in
  Sponsor: Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA4]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2606: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to the acceptance and use of contributions for public-private partnerships, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA15]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2518: To leverage incentives for the adoption of costly precision agriculture technology, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Ashley Hinson [R-IA1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2508: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to optimize the sequestration of carbon and the reduction of net emissions through agricultural practices, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL13]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3115: To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make breakfasts and lunches free for all children, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN5]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1525: DIGITAL Applications Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI6]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1783: Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act
  Sponsor: Rep. James “Jim” Clyburn [D-SC6]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 2349: To provide for equal protection of the law and to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in the administration of programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purpose
  Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Tiffany [R-WI7]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1815: Safe Line Speeds in COVID–19 Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1156: Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act
  Sponsor: Rep. David McKinley [R-WV1]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1046: Federal Broadband Deployment in Unserved Areas Act
  Sponsor: Rep. John Curtis [R-UT3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 1049: Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act
  Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC3]
  Status: Introduced
• H.R. 3039: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate certain fuel excise taxes and impose a tax on greenhouse gas emissions to provide revenue for maintaining and building American infrastructure, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]
  Status: Introduced

Reports

Subcommittees

• Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research
• Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
• Conservation and Forestry
• General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
• Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
• Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations

Press Statements

Committee press statements from ProPublica Represent:

“Costa Leads Effort to Protect Access to Overseas Markets for American Food Producers”
    — Nov 2, 2020

“Chair Fudge Statement on Court Ruling Striking Down USDA's Attempt to Strip SNAP Away for ABAWDs”
    — Oct 19, 2020

“Chairman Peterson Statement on World Food Day”
    — Oct 16, 2020

“Peterson Welcomes Announcement of CRP Payments to Producers”
    — Oct 15, 2020

“Fudge, Nutrition Subcommittee Members Demand Information, Documents from USDA on Mismanagement, Political Nature of Food Box Program”
    — Oct 9, 2020

“Costa Statement on UN World Food Programme Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize”
    — Oct 9, 2020

“Conaway: Latest Liberal Spending Spree Leaves America Behind”
    — Oct 1, 2020

“LaMalfa: USDA Conservation Programs Persevering Despite 2020’s Challenges”
    — Oct 1, 2020

“Chair Spanberger Closing Statement at Hearing on the Challenges and Successes of Conservation Programs in 2020”
    — Oct 1, 2020

“Agriculture Committee Leadership Presses Perdue on Diversity Trainings at USDA”
    — Oct 1, 2020

“Chair Spanberger Opening Statement at Hearing on the Challenges and Successes of Conservation Programs in 2020”
    — Oct 1, 2020

“Chair Spanberger Opening Statement at Hearing on 2020 Wildfires”
    — Sep 24, 2020

“What They're Saying: Conaway Leads Introduction of Digital Commodity Legislation”
    — Sep 24, 2020

“LaMalfa, Conaway: Forest Health Key to Preventing Wildfires”
    — Sep 24, 2020

“Conaway Introduces Digital Commodity Regulatory Framework”
    — Sep 24, 2020

“Chair Spanberger Statement Following 2020 Wildfires Hearing”
    — Sep 24, 2020

“Witness List RE: “The 2020 Wildfire Year: Response and Recovery Efforts””
    — Sep 23, 2020

“Conaway Commends Congressional Republican Leadership for Stopping Democrats’ Proposal to Defund Key Agricultural Programs”
    — Sep 22, 2020

“Conaway Rebukes House Democrats for Blocking USDA Funding for Rural America, Farmers, Ranchers, and Dairy Producers”
    — Sep 21, 2020

“Peterson Weighs in on Second CFAP Program from USDA”
    — Sep 19, 2020