Rep. David Scott

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2016 Report Card for Scott.

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Scott has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Scott is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

David Scott sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Agriculture
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
  • Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
• House Committee on Financial Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment
  • Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit

Enacted Legislation

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

• H.R. 4747 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6691 Church Street in Riverdale, Georgia, as the “Major Gregory E. Barney Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 2620 (114th): To amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act.
• H.R. 2356 (110th): To amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father’s Day.
• H.R. 3703 (110th): To amend section 5112(p)(1)(A) of title 31, United States Code, to allow an exception from the $1 coin dispensing capability requirement for certain vending machines.
• H.R. 3029 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 255 North Main Street in Jonesboro, Georgia, as the “S. Truett Cathy Post Office Building”.

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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 about one third or more 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

Scott sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (36%) Agriculture and Food (27%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (18%) Labor and Employment (18%)

Recent Bills

Some of Scott’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.Res. 495: Recognizing the seriousness of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and expressing support for the ...
• H.Res. 403: Supporting the designation of March 2018 as Endometriosis Awareness Month.
• H.Res. 402: Supporting the designation of July 2017 as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month.
• H.R. 51: Funding for Student Scholarships for the 1890s Land-Grant African-American Colleges and Universities Act
• H.R. 52: Jobs, On-the-Job ‘Earn While You Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men ...
• H.R. 6021 (114th): Jobs, On-the-Job `Earn While You Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young ...
• H.R. 6020 (114th): Funding for Student Scholarships for the 1890s Land-Grant African-American Colleges and Universities ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Jul 2017, Scott missed 279 of 10,539 roll call votes, which is 2.6%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 1 explanation for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

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

• Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills