The subcommittee was formerly known as the
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research prior to the
110th Congress when rural development issues and several other of its responsibilities, such as farm security and family farming matters, plant pests and pesticides, and biotechnology were transferred to other subcommittees. Energy was also added to the subcommittee's title to reflect the committee's continued oversight over the federal
Rural Electrification program and the increases development and use of biofuels in the United States. At the start of the
112th Congress, the subcommittee gained jurisdiction over forestry issues from the
Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry and was renamed
Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. At the start of the
114th Congress, the subcommittee was again renamed and its jurisdictional purview changed. ==Members, 119th Congress==