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Fabio d6874ca8a6 Close the institutional gap: bodies, committees, leadership
The seat data answered 'who represents this place?' but not 'who runs
this institution?' — the Speaker of the House existed only as the rep
for LA-4. This adds the missing axis of institutional power.

New Body entities (233): the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, Executive Office,
49 committees, 181 subcommittees — each with its leadership.

Federal people (532/542) enriched with bioguide IDs, leadership roles,
and committee seats, reconciled from congress-legislators by name.
Mike Johnson is now Speaker of the House, not just LA-4.

Sources ingested directly into the repo (repo-canonical): Atlas
supplied bodies/leadership/committee_memberships via congress-legislators,
committed raw in data/. build.py supersedes convert_officeholders.py and
reads all four inputs in one deterministic pass (byte-identical on rerun).

The 10 unenriched federal records are a finding, not a bug: vacancies,
the President, and ~5 seats where Atlas's roster disagrees with the
authoritative current roster — model-vs-reality discrepancies to surface.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
type: Person
title: "Deb Fischer"
description: "U.S. Senate - NE — State of Nebraska"
role: "U.S. Senate - NE"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NE"
committees:
- name: "Joint Committee of Congress on the Library"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/joint/committees/joint-committee-of-congress-on-the-library"
- name: "Joint Committee on Printing"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/joint/committees/printing"
- name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry"
- name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/livestock-dairy-poultry-and-food-safety"
- name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Rural Development, Energy, and Credit"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/rural-development-energy-and-credit"
- name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations"
- name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/agriculture-rural-development-food-and-drug-administration-and-related-agencies"
- name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/commerce-justice-science-and-related-agencies"
- name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-interior-environment-and-related-agencies"
- name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Financial Services and General Government"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/financial-services-and-general-government"
- name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Legislative Branch"
role: "chair"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/legislative-branch"
- name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/military-construction-veterans-affairs-and-related-agencies"
- name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services"
- name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Airland"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/airland"
- name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Readiness and Management Support"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/readiness-and-management-support"
- name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Strategic Forces"
role: "chair"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/strategic-forces"
- name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation"
- name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/consumer-protection-technology-and-data-privacy"
- name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/surface-transportation-freight-pipelines-and-safety"
- name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Telecommunications and Media"
role: "chair"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/telecommunications-and-media"
- name: "Senate Committee on Rules and Administration"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/rules-and-administration"
- name: "Senate Select Committee on Ethics"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/senate-select-committee-on-ethics"
tenure:
start: "2025-01-03"
current: true
election:
next: 2030
term_length: 6
term_limit: "none"
ids:
person: "1eeb3a58-c540-4ff3-91b9-8d912b5da0e1"
office: "d3310523-ba8f-4710-94f3-f4dcee780efa"
tenure: "bd00c273-d8a3-485c-8cb2-6c8bdc722f6a"
jurisdiction: "acdca929-3779-407d-9bb3-7103bc2746b2"
bioguide: "F000463"
sources:
- field: tenure
source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20"
- field: jurisdiction
source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
- field: roles
source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ne]
timestamp: "2026-06-20"
---
# Deb Fischer
Current U.S. Senate - NE (State of Nebraska).
## Committees
- [Joint Committee of Congress on the Library](/us/bodies/joint/committees/joint-committee-of-congress-on-the-library.md)
- [Joint Committee on Printing](/us/bodies/joint/committees/printing.md)
- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry.md)
- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/livestock-dairy-poultry-and-food-safety.md)
- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Rural Development, Energy, and Credit](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/rural-development-energy-and-credit.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/agriculture-rural-development-food-and-drug-administration-and-related-agencies.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/commerce-justice-science-and-related-agencies.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-interior-environment-and-related-agencies.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Financial Services and General Government](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/financial-services-and-general-government.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Legislative Branch](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/legislative-branch.md) — **chair**
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/military-construction-veterans-affairs-and-related-agencies.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Airland](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/airland.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Readiness and Management Support](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/readiness-and-management-support.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Strategic Forces](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/strategic-forces.md) — **chair**
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation.md)
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/consumer-protection-technology-and-data-privacy.md)
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/surface-transportation-freight-pipelines-and-safety.md)
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Telecommunications and Media](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/telecommunications-and-media.md) — **chair**
- [Senate Committee on Rules and Administration](/us/bodies/senate/committees/rules-and-administration.md)
- [Senate Select Committee on Ethics](/us/bodies/senate/committees/senate-select-committee-on-ethics.md)
## Sources
- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)
Generated from the Atlas officeholders v2 export (2026-06-20).