United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research
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The House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry is a subcommittee
United States Congressional subcommittee
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 within the House Agriculture Committee. The subcommittee oversees all agricultural matters relating to soil, water, and resource conservation; small watershed program; energy and biobased energy production; rural electrification; forestry in general and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.

The subcommittee was formerly known as the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research prior to the 110th Congress when rural development issues and several other of its responsibilities, such as farm security and family farming matters, plant pests and pesticides, and biotechnology were transferred to other subcommittees. Energy was also added to the subcommittee's title to reflect the committee's continued oversight over the federal Rural Electrification
Rural electrification
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 program and the increases development and use of biofuels in the United States.

At the start of the 112th Congress, the subcommittee gained jurisdiction over forestry issues from the Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

Members, 112th Congress

Majority Minority
  • Glenn "G.T." Thompson, Pennsylvania, Chairman
  • Bob Goodlatte
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    , Virginia
  • Marlin Stutzman
    Marlin Stutzman
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    , Indiana
  • Bob Gibbs
    Bob Gibbs
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    , Ohio
  • Scott Tipton
    Scott Tipton
    Scott R. Tipton is the U.S. Representative for . In November 2010, he defeated three-term incumbent Democrat John Salazar, whom he lost to in 2006 by a wide margin. He was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives and a co-owner of a pottery company in Cortez, Colorado...

    , Colorado
  • Steve Southerland, Florida
  • Martha Roby
    Martha Roby
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    , Alabama
  • Tim Huelskamp
    Tim Huelskamp
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    , Kansas
  • Randy Hultgren
    Randy Hultgren
    Randall Mark "Randy" Hultgren is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.Hultgren previously represented the 48th district Senate seat in the Illinois General Assembly from 2007 - 2011...

    , Illinois
  • Reid Ribble, Wisconsin
  • Tim Holden
    Tim Holden
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    , Pennsylvania, Ranking Member
  • Kurt Schrader
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    , Oregon
  • Bill Owens, New York
  • Mike McIntyre
    Mike McIntyre
    Douglas Carmichael "Mike" McIntyre II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

    , North Carolina
  • Jim Costa
    Jim Costa
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    , California
  • Tim Walz
    Tim Walz
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    , Minnesota
  • Chellie Pingree
    Chellie Pingree
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    , Maine
  • Marcia Fudge, Ohio
  • Gregorio Sablan
    Gregorio Sablan
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    , Northern Mariana Islands
  • Ex officio
  • Frank Lucas, Oklahoma
  • Collin Peterson
    Collin Peterson
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    , Minnesota
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