Committee on Agriculture (house)

The PIC and POPS conventions and the LRTAP POPS Protocol Act

Food aid programs

Review of U.S. agricultural trade with Cuba

Review of the federal crop insurance system

The Endangered Species Act and its impact on agricultural producers

The future of renewable fuels and flex-fuel vehicles

Potential effects of Missouri River spring rises on crop insurance policies

The Horse Protection Act

Review of agricultural biotechnology

Review the EPA pesticide program

The U.S. Forest Service centennial

Review of agricultural conservation

Review of the issues related to the prevention, detection, and eradication of avian influenza

Review of the USDA's bovine spongiform encephalopathy response

Review of U.S. Grain Standards Act

Hearing to review the impact of the indirect land use and renewable biomass provisions in the renewable fuel standard

Review of the welfare of animals in agriculture

Hearing to review derivatives legislation

Hearing to review the potential economic impacts of climate change on the farm sector

Hearing to consider reducing the regulatory burdens posed by the case, National Cotton Council v. EPA (6th Cir. 2009) and to review related draft legislation

Review of USDA farm bill conservation programs

Hearing to review proposed legislation by the U.S. Department of the Treasury regarding the regulation of over-the-counter derivatives markets

Hearing to review the technologies in the meat industry

Hearing to review the source of dramatic movements in the commodity markets (agriculture and energy)