Committees and Caucuses

Congressman Jim Costa represents his constituents on the House Committee on Agriculture and House Committee on Foreign Affairs in the United States House of Representatives. 
 

Committees

House Committee on Agriculture

• Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
• Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture
   

House Committee on Foreign Affairs

• Subcommittee on Europe

Leadership

Costa is a leader of the following Congressional caucuses and coalitions:

• Ranking Member, Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue (TLD)
• Co-Chair, Congressional Agricultural Trade Caucus
• Co-Chair and Co-Founder, Congressional Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus
• Co-Chair, Congressional Epilepsy Caucus
• Co-Chair, Congressional Portuguese Caucus

Caucuses

Costa is a member of the following Congressional caucuses and coalitions:

• Blue Dog Coalition, is a moderate group of Democratic members dedicated to pursuing fiscally responsible policies, ensuring a robust national defense, and transcending party lines to get things done for the American people.
   
• New Democrat Coalition, the largest Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives, is made up of 99 forward-thinking Democrats who are committed to pro-economic growth, pro-innovation, and fiscally responsible policies.
   
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
   
• Problem Solvers Caucus is an independent member-driven group in Congress comprised of representatives from across the nation both equally divided between Democrats and Republicans committed to finding common ground on many of the nation's key issues.

Agriculture

• Co-Chair, Congressional Chicken Caucus
• Co-Chair, Congressional Fertilizer Caucus
• Co-Chair, Congressional National Farmer Cooperative Caucus
• Co-Chair, Congressional Rodeo Caucus
• Co-Chair, Congressional Specialty Crops Caucus
• Bipartisan Tariffs, Trade & Strategic Competition Working Group 
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Foreign Affairs

• American Canadian Economy and Security Caucus (ACES)
• Congressional Armenian Caucus
• Congressional Dutch Caucus
• Congressional European Union Caucus
• Congressional French Caucus
• Congressional German American Caucus
• Congressional Hellenic Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
• Congressional National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
• Congressional Romanian Caucus
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus
• Congressional Ukraine Caucus
• Friends of Australia Caucus
• Friends of Ireland Caucus
• Friends of Spain Caucus
• Friends of Wales Caucus
• Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
• Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)/Demining Caucus 

Natural Resources

• Co-Chair, Congressional Propane Caucus
• Co-Chair, Congressional Natural Gas Caucus
• Congressional Critical Materials Caucus
• Congressional Chemistry Caucus
• Congressional Fusion Energy
• Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus
• House Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus
• House Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus

Healthcare, Education, and Housing 

• Co-Chair, Congressional Organ, Tissue Donation, and Transplantation Awareness
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• House Cancer Caucus
• House Valley Fever Task Force
• Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional Homelessness Caucus
• Congressional Real Estate Caucus

Public Safety, Civil, and Victim Rights

• Congressional America250 Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus
• House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force