Rep. Eleanor Norton

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2016 Report Card for Norton.

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Norton has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her 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). Norton is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Eleanor Norton sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
  • Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
  • Member, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
  • Member, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations
  • Member, Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules

Enacted Legislation

Norton was the primary sponsor of 37 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 4419 (114th): District of Columbia Judicial Financial Transparency Act
• H.R. 3343 (113th): To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to clarify the rules regarding the determination of the compensation of the Chief Financial Officer of the District ...
• H.R. 2611 (113th): To designate the headquarters building of the Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia as ...
• H.R. 1246 (113th): District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Vacancy Act
• H.R. 3902 (112th): District of Columbia Special Election Reform Act
• H.R. 2297 (112th): To promote the development of the Southwest waterfront in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 723 (112th): To deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Potomac River, Washington Channel, District of Columbia, under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.

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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

Norton sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (46%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (15%) Transportation and Public Works (10%) Health (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%) Taxation (6%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 2989: To establish the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission.
• H.R. 2988: To amend title 18, United States Code, to remove the requirement that residents ...
• H.R. 2962: To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to prohibiting the use ...
• H.R. 2897: To authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of ...
• H.Res. 373: Expressing support for the designation of June 2017 as “National Gun Violence Awareness ...
• H.Res. 365: Recognizing the denial of full voting rights in Congress for active duty service ...
• H.R. 2540: Flood Prevention Act of 2017

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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