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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.

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---
type: Person
title: "Joni Ernst"
description: "U.S. Senate - IA — State of Iowa"
role: "U.S. Senate - IA"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "IA"
committees:
- 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 - Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/conservation-forestry-natural-resources-and-biotechnology"
- 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: "chair"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/rural-development-energy-and-credit"
- name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services"
- name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Cybersecurity"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/cybersecurity"
- name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Emerging Threats and Capabilities"
role: "chair"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/emerging-threats-and-capabilities"
- name: "Senate Committee on Armed Services - Personnel"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/personnel"
- name: "Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs"
- name: "Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/subcommittees/border-management-federal-workforce-and-regulatory-affairs"
- name: "Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/subcommittees/disaster-management-district-of-columbia-and-census"
- name: "Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship"
role: "chair"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/small-business-and-entrepreneurship"
tenure:
start: "2025-01-03"
current: true
election:
next: 2026
term_length: 6
term_limit: "none"
ids:
person: "846b773a-08e7-4cff-92fa-fc79e6dd62dd"
office: "f5b59e8c-2733-41dc-8853-c9e3087d0794"
tenure: "ab026d92-8a4b-4935-9350-3a9d0846ac71"
jurisdiction: "265612f5-7023-407b-b332-bd1bc3b70f7f"
bioguide: "E000295"
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, ia]
timestamp: "2026-06-20"
---
# Joni Ernst
Current U.S. Senate - IA (State of Iowa).
## Committees
- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry.md)
- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/conservation-forestry-natural-resources-and-biotechnology.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) — **chair**
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Cybersecurity](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/cybersecurity.md)
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Emerging Threats and Capabilities](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/emerging-threats-and-capabilities.md) — **chair**
- [Senate Committee on Armed Services - Personnel](/us/bodies/senate/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/personnel.md)
- [Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs.md)
- [Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/subcommittees/border-management-federal-workforce-and-regulatory-affairs.md)
- [Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census](/us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/subcommittees/disaster-management-district-of-columbia-and-census.md)
- [Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship](/us/bodies/senate/committees/small-business-and-entrepreneurship.md) — **chair**
## 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).