What is House Committee on Agriculture working on?

Recent hearings

• "Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets"

  Jul 21, 2026

  Hearing

• "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service"

  Jul 22, 2026

  Hearing

• "Reviewing Partnerships to Enhance Management of the National Forest System"

  Jun 25, 2026

  Hearing

• "To Review the Implementation of Farm Safety Net, Disaster, and Conservation Programs"

  Jun 24, 2026

  Hearing

• "Agricultural Perspectives on the Future of the USMCA"

  Jun 10, 2026

  Hearing

As of Jul 18, 2026. Sparse coverage can reflect a quiet recess period or a filter gap; the full schedule lives on Congress.gov.

Bills in committee

• HR 9744: To restore competition in the meatpacking industry by reducing excessive concentration and market power and ultimately reduce prices for American consumers, and for other purposes.

  Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7) · Jul 16, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9728: To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to modify the requirements relating to reductions in force for Foreign Service officers and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.

  Ami Bera (D-CA-6) · Jul 16, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9700: To establish the Ratepayer Justice Fund and a Federal process to reimburse ratepayers and communities harmed by utility and utility executive misconduct, including corruption, and to hold accountable those responsible for such misconduct, and for other purposes.

  Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) · Jul 15, 2026

  Under review
• HR 9717: To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to authorize certain treatment of customer property during commodity broker bankruptcy.

  Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13) · Jul 15, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9706: To require operators of wagering or prediction market platforms to use facial recognition technology to verify the age of users of such wagering or prediction market platforms, and for other purposes.

  Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) · Jul 15, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9704: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make economic assistance payments to qualifying producers for certain revenue losses with respect to covered commodities, and for other purposes.

  Shomari Figures (D-AL-2) · Jul 15, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 9667: Securing Healthcare and Income Entitlements for Lawfully Domiciled Citizens (SHIELD Citizens) Act

  Clay Fuller (R-GA-14) · Jul 14, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HRES 1429: Expressing support for continued efforts to safeguard the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 from fraud, waste, and abuse for the Nation's most vulnerable.

  David Taylor (R-OH-2) · Jul 14, 2026

  Awaiting committee review

Status reflects the bill’s latest action on Congress.gov, which may be past this committee (e.g. a bill “Passed House, in Senate” has cleared this committee and chamber).

Jurisdiction

The House Committee on Agriculture has jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight of some federal agencies, and it can recommend funding appropriations for various governmental agencies. The Committee has jurisdiction over: adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves; agriculture generally; agricultural and industrial chemistry; agricultural colleges and experiment stations; agricultural economics and research; agricultural education extension services; agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of prices of agricultural products, and commodities (not including distribution outside of the United States); animal industry and diseases of animals; commodity exchanges; crop insurance and soil conservation; dairy industry; entomology and plant quarantine; extension of farm credit and farm security; forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain; human nutrition and home economics; inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and seafood and seafood products; plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering; rural electrification; rural development; water conservation related to activities of the Department of Agriculture.