Rep. Chris Pappas

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Pappas 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 Pappas has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 25, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Chris Pappas sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • Oversight and Investigations subcommittee Chair

  Economic Opportunity subcommittees
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management subcommittee Vice Chair

  Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Highways and Transit, Water Resources and Environment subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Pappas was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 2630: Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act
• H.R. 2991: Connecting America’s Active Transportation System Act
• H.R. 2340: Toll Credit Marketplace Act of 2021
• H.R. 4477 (116th): Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act
• H.R. 1579 (116th): National POW/MIA Flag Act

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Does 5 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

Pappas sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (38%) Health (14%) Transportation and Public Works (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Labor and Employment (6%) Taxation (6%) Government Operations and Politics (6%) Environmental Protection (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Pappas recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 753: Expressing support for the designation of October 28 as “Oxi Day” to commemorate …
• H.R. 5170: SERVE Act
• H.R. 4845: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Advisory Committee on …
• H.R. 3944: Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021
• H.R. 3673: National ACERT Grant Program Authorization Act
• H.R. 3622: Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2021
• H.R. 3535: EAGLE Act of 2021

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Jan 2022, Pappas missed 5 of 1,417 roll call votes, which is 0.4%. This is better than the median of 2.1% 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.

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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
• Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills