diff --git a/local.env b/local.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0044acafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+OS_PEOPLE_DIRECTORY=/Users/alyibrahim/projects/civiqa/backend/openstates/people
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://alyibrahim:42571allahis1@localhost:5432/civiqa-db
diff --git a/openstates/data/common.py b/openstates/data/common.py
index 8e81d745c..a0513ed7a 100644
--- a/openstates/data/common.py
+++ b/openstates/data/common.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     ("party", "Party"),
     ("committee", "Committee"),
     ("government", "Government"),
+    ("subcommittee", "Subcommittee"),
 )
 ORGANIZATION_CLASSIFICATIONS = _keys(ORGANIZATION_CLASSIFICATION_CHOICES)
 
diff --git a/openstates/data/migrations/0045_alter_organization_classification.py b/openstates/data/migrations/0045_alter_organization_classification.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3db733544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstates/data/migrations/0045_alter_organization_classification.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.8 on 2021-11-19 11:53
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('data', '0044_bill_citations'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='organization',
+            name='classification',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, choices=[('legislature', 'Legislature'), ('executive', 'Executive'), ('upper', 'Upper Chamber'), ('lower', 'Lower Chamber'), ('party', 'Party'), ('committee', 'Committee'), ('government', 'Government'), ('subcommittee', 'Subcommittee')], help_text='The type of Organization being defined.', max_length=100),
+        ),
+    ]