United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health

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The U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic & Foreign Marketing, Inspection, & Plant & Animal Health is one of five subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

This subcommittee has jurisdiction over legislation on foreign agricultural trade, foreign market development, and agriculture product promotion and domestic marketing programs. It oversees international commodity agreements and export controls on agricultural commodities, foreign assistance programs and Food for Peace, marketing orders, inspection and certification of meat, flowers, fruit, vegetables and livestock.

[edit] Members, 111th Congress

The Subcommittee is chaired by Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Mike Johanns of Nebraska.

[edit] References

• Senate Agriculture Committee, Subcommittee Page

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