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type: Person
title: "Jim Costa"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - CA-21 — Congressional District 21"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - CA-21"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "CA"
district: "Congressional District 21"
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committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Agriculture"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "House Committee on Agriculture - Forestry and Horticulture"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/agriculture/subcommittees/forestry-and-horticulture"
  - name: "House Committee on Agriculture - Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/agriculture/subcommittees/livestock-dairy-and-poultry"
  - name: "House Committee on Foreign Affairs"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs"
  - name: "House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Europe"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs/subcommittees/europe"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
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  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
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confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ca]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Jim Costa

Current U.S. House of Representatives - CA-21 (Congressional District 21).

Represents [Congressional District 21](/us/states/ca/districts/21.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Agriculture](/us/bodies/house/committees/agriculture.md)
- [House Committee on Agriculture - Forestry and Horticulture](/us/bodies/house/committees/agriculture/subcommittees/forestry-and-horticulture.md)
- [House Committee on Agriculture - Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry](/us/bodies/house/committees/agriculture/subcommittees/livestock-dairy-and-poultry.md) — **ranking-member**
- [House Committee on Foreign Affairs](/us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs.md)
- [House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Europe](/us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs/subcommittees/europe.md)

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).