Sen. Jerry Moran
Senator for Kansas
pronounced JEH-ree // muh-RAN
![Photo of Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]](/static/legislator-photos/400284-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Moran.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Moran is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 Moran has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 29, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Jerry Moran sits on the following committees:
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Ranking Member
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Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee Ranking Member
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation subcommittee Ranking Member
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Enacted Legislation
Moran was the primary sponsor of 51 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 516 (117th): Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act
- S. 321 (117th): “Six Triple Eight” Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021
- S. 2720 (117th): Veterans’ Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Act
- S. 3341 (117th): VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021
- S. 1095 (117th): Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act of 2021
- S. 887 (117th): VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act
- S. 1863 (117th): Guaranteeing Healthcare Access to Personnel Who Served Act
Does 51 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
Moran sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (41%) Finance and Financial Sector (16%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Native Americans (8%) Sports and Recreation (8%) Commerce (8%) Government Operations and Politics (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Moran recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 2975: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve payment and …
- S. 2951: A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to …
- S.Res. 374: A resolution designating September 2023 as “National Student Parent Month”.
- S. 2642: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act
- S. 2371: ACRE Act of 2023
- S. 2158: Restore VA Accountability Act of 2023
- S. 2141: Increasing Access to Adviser Information Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2023, Moran missed 327 of 4,152 roll call votes, which is 7.9%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of senators 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, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
