United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources is one of five subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

This subcommittee has jurisdiction over rural development legislation and rural electrification legislation, oversight of rural electrification, agricultural credit, the Farm Credit System, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Farmers Home Administration and its successor agencies. It also has jurisdiction over crop insurance, forestry in general and forest reserves that were acquired from state, local, or private sources, soil conservation, stream channelization, and watershed and flood control programs involving structures of less than 4,000 acre feet (4,900,000 m³) storage capacity.

The subcommittee was renamed for the 112th Congress (2011). It was formerly named the Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit Jurisdiction.

Members, 114th Congress

Majority	Minority
David Perdue, Georgia, Chairman Thad Cochran, Mississippi Mitch McConnell, Kentucky John Boozman, Arkansas Ben Sasse, Nebraska Chuck Grassley, Iowa	Michael Bennet, Colorado, Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Patrick Leahy, Vermont Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota Bob Casey, Pennsylvania
Ex officio
Pat Roberts, Kansas	Debbie Stabenow, Michigan

External links

Committee website, Subcommittee page

Current United States Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittees

Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)	Aging (Special) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Ethics (Select) Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Intelligence (Select) Judiciary Narcotics (Caucus) Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs

House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Benghazi (Select) Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Standing committees, Defunct committees

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