Brown is the representative for Maryland’s 4th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2017. Brown is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD4]](/static/legislator-photos/412707-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Brown.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Brown 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 Brown has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jun 11, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Anthony Brown sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Brown was the primary sponsor of 10 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 7157 (116th): FLIGHT Act
- H.R. 7125 (116th): ELITE Act of 2020
- H.R. 6661 (116th): PROMOTES Act of 2020
- H.R. 6574 (116th): PANORAMA Act of 2020
- H.R. 6146 (116th): OVERSEA Act of 2020
- H.R. 3177 (116th): National Defense Accelerator Network Act of 2019
- H.R. 3176 (116th): To direct the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to be machine readable and electronically transferable.
Does 10 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Brown sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (38%) Transportation and Public Works (16%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) International Affairs (7%) Taxation (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Brown’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3750: To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue best practices for providers of ...
- H.R. 3477: To authorize the posthumous honorary promotion to general of Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell ...
- H.R. 3015: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms licensee ...
- H.R. 3017: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide a grant for research and ...
- H.R. 3016: To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Director of the ...
- H.R. 2833: To establish a program to improve community connectivity by identifying and removing or ...
- H.R. 2128: Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to May 2021, Brown missed 65 of 2,320 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% 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 and major life events.
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
- Wikipedia entry on Anthony Brown for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
