Johnson is the representative for South Dakota’s at-large district and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2019. Johnson is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Dusty Johnson [R-SD]](/static/legislator-photos/412816-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Johnson 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 Johnson has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 13, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Dusty Johnson sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Agriculture
- Livestock and Foreign Agriculture subcommittee Ranking Member
Conservation and Forestry subcommittees - House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Enacted Legislation
Johnson was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 2454 (116th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 East Sharpfish Street in Rosebud, South Dakota, as the “Ben Reifel Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 382 (116th): To provide for the conveyance of the Custer County Airport, and for other purposes.
Does 2 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
Johnson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Agriculture and Food (30%) Government Operations and Politics (20%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (12%) Native Americans (10%) Labor and Employment (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Commerce (5%) Transportation and Public Works (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Johnson recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7466: Traveler’s Gun Rights Act
- H.R. 7088: Defenders of Ukraine Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 7060: Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022
- H.R. 6952: RAISE Act
- H.R. 6402: To grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.
- H.R. 6331: Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act of 2021
- H.R. 5735: State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to May 2022, Johnson missed 11 of 1,588 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. 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.
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 Dusty Johnson for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
