Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Chaffetz 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). Chaffetz is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Chaffetz for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Jason Chaffetz sits on the following committees:
- Chairman, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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House Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
- Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Chaffetz sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (27%) Crime and Law Enforcement (20%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (16%) Taxation (11%) International Affairs (9%) Immigration (7%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%) Economics and Public Finance (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Chaffetz’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5790: Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2016
- H.R. 5751: Shiras Moose Protection and Recovery Act
- H.R. 5758: Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2016
- H.R. 5714: Postal Service Reform Act of 2016
- H.R. 5718: Central Wasatch National Conservation and Recreation Area Act
- H.Res. 737: Condemning and censuring John A. Koskinen, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
- H.R. 4901: SOAR Reauthorization Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2009 to Sep 2016, Chaffetz missed 198 of 5,724 roll call votes, which is 3.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 4 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills