Rep. Jody Hice

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Hice.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Hice 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 liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Hice has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to May 20, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Jody Hice sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Oversight and Reform
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on National Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  • Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations
• House Committee on Natural Resources
  • Member, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
  • Member, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife

Enacted Legislation

Hice was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• H.R. 5687 (114th): GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2016

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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 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Hice sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (29%) Government Operations and Politics (24%) Crime and Law Enforcement (15%) Immigration (12%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%) Transportation and Public Works (6%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 2612: Federal Employee Disclosure (FED) Transparency Act
• H.R. 1496: Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2019
• H.Res. 132: Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 109) recognizing the duty ...
• H.R. 891: Nuclear Family Priority Act
• H.R. 606: Fairness in Firearm Testing Act
• H.R. 605: Official Time Reporting Act
• H.Res. 50: Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2015 to May 2019, Hice missed 35 of 2,756 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. 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.

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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