Rep. Jason Chaffetz

Sponsorship 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)

Committee Membership

Jason Chaffetz sits on the following committees:

• Chairman, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• 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

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

• H.R. 1153: Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2015
• H.Res. 97: Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ...
• H.R. 759: Recidivism Risk Reduction Act
• H.R. 760: Bureau of Corrections Renaming Act of 2015
• H.R. 707: Restoration of America’s Wire Act
• H.R. 547: PRO Sports Act
• H.R. 491: Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act

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Voting Record

From Jan 2009 to Mar 2015, Chaffetz missed 150 of 4,574 roll call votes, which is 3.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. 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:

• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills