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Commodity Whistleblower Incentives and Protections under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) (7 U.S.C. § 26(h))

Committee(s) of Jurisdiction:

House Committee on Agriculture

Committee jurisdiction under House Rule X:

  • 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
  • Inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and seafood and seafood products
  • Forestry in general and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain
  • Human nutrition and home economics
  • Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering
  • Rural electrification
  • Rural development
  • Water conservation related to activities of the Department of Agriculture

House Committee on Financial Services

Committee jurisdiction under House Rule X:

  • Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and Federal monetary policy
  • Economic stabilization, defense production, renegotiation, and control of the price of commodities, rents, and services
  • Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than transportation)
  • Insurance generally
  • International finance
  • International financial and monetary organizations
  • Money and credit, including currency and the issuance of notes and redemption thereof; gold and silver, including the coinage thereof; valuation and revaluation of the dollar
  • Public and private housing
  • Securities and exchanges
  • Urban development

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Committee jurisdiction under House Rule X:

  • Federal civil service, including intergovernmental personnel; and the status of officers and employees of the United States, including their compensation, classification, and retirement
  • Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia in general (other than appropriations)
  • Federal paperwork reduction
  • Government management and accounting measures generally
  • Holidays and celebrations
  • Overall economy, efficiency, and management of government operations and activities, including Federal procurement
  • National archives
  • Population and demography generally, including the Census
  • Postal service generally, including transportation of the mails
  • Public information and records
  • Relationship of the Federal Government to the States and municipalities generally
  • Reorganizations in the executive branch of the Government