Rep. Adam Schiff

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Schiff.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Schiff is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Schiff has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 30, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Adam Schiff sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on the Judiciary

Enacted Legislation

Schiff was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 3356 (117th): HAVANA Act of 2021
• H.R. 3494 (116th): Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020
• H.R. 6014 (112th): Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2012
• H.R. 1975 (112th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 281 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, as the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office …
• H.R. 3714 (111th): Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009
• H.R. 730 (111th): Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act
• H.R. 3133 (111th): Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act of 2009

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Does 13 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Schiff sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (18%) Health (18%) International Affairs (17%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Education (11%) Taxation (8%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (3%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Schiff recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 2387: To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to …
• H.R. 1687: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 …
• H.R. 1654: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a higher rate …
• H.R. 1368: Deter PRC Support to the Russian War Effort Act
• H.R. 1261: Federal Employees Sustainable Investment Act
• H.R. 951: Privacy in Education Regarding Individuals’ Own Data Act
• H.J.Res. 13: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2001 to Mar 2023, Schiff missed 157 of 14,441 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is on par with the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills