The House Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology is a
subcommittee within the
House Agriculture Committee. It was first created during the
110th Congress as the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture, though horticulture is no longer under its jurisdiction.
Policies and statutes related to resource conservation; pest and disease management, including pesticides; bioterrorism; adulteration and quarantine matters; research, education, and extension; biotechnology; and related oversight of such issues.[1]