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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: "Pete Ricketts"
description: "U.S. Senate - NE — State of Nebraska"
role: "U.S. Senate - NE"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NE"
committees:
- name: "Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/banking-housing-and-urban-affairs"
- name: "Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Economic Policy"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/banking-housing-and-urban-affairs/subcommittees/economic-policy"
- name: "Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/banking-housing-and-urban-affairs/subcommittees/financial-institutions-and-consumer-protection"
- name: "Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - National Security and International Trade and Finance"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/banking-housing-and-urban-affairs/subcommittees/national-security-and-international-trade-and-finance"
- name: "Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works"
- name: "Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/clean-air-climate-and-nuclear-innovation-and-safety"
- name: "Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water"
role: "chair"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/fisheries-wildlife-and-water"
- name: "Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Transportation and Infrastructure"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/transportation-and-infrastructure"
- name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations"
- name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy"
role: "chair"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/east-asia-the-pacific-and-international-cybersecurity-policy"
- name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Europe and Regional Security Cooperation"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/europe-and-regional-security-cooperation"
- name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/state-department-and-usaid-management-international-operations-and-bilateral-international-development"
- name: "Senate Committee on the Budget"
role: "member"
body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-budget"
tenure:
start: "2023-01-23"
current: true
election:
next: 2026
term_length: 6
term_limit: "none"
ids:
person: "2cc7ea89-ae17-49e5-9c3c-ba11b35f9caa"
office: "713a06ca-6ad5-4340-94df-6c386cffbeee"
tenure: "d638fddb-d4e5-4f52-927c-66e12454dd82"
jurisdiction: "c316e5bc-33ab-438d-b4b9-54e74f7324bc"
bioguide: "R000618"
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"
---
# Pete Ricketts
Current U.S. Senate - NE (State of Nebraska).
## Committees
- [Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/banking-housing-and-urban-affairs.md)
- [Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Economic Policy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/banking-housing-and-urban-affairs/subcommittees/economic-policy.md)
- [Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection](/us/bodies/senate/committees/banking-housing-and-urban-affairs/subcommittees/financial-institutions-and-consumer-protection.md)
- [Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - National Security and International Trade and Finance](/us/bodies/senate/committees/banking-housing-and-urban-affairs/subcommittees/national-security-and-international-trade-and-finance.md)
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works.md)
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/clean-air-climate-and-nuclear-innovation-and-safety.md)
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/fisheries-wildlife-and-water.md) — **chair**
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Transportation and Infrastructure](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/transportation-and-infrastructure.md)
- [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations.md)
- [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/east-asia-the-pacific-and-international-cybersecurity-policy.md) — **chair**
- [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Europe and Regional Security Cooperation](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/europe-and-regional-security-cooperation.md)
- [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/state-department-and-usaid-management-international-operations-and-bilateral-international-development.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Budget](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-budget.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).