Sen. John Hoeven

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Hoeven.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Hoeven 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 Hoeven has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 25, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

John Hoeven sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade subcommittee Ranking Member

  Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies subcommittee Ranking Member

  Defense, Energy and Water Development, Homeland Security, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • Energy subcommittee Ranking Member

  National Parks, Water and Power subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Enacted Legislation

Hoeven was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 212 (116th): Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2020
• S. 209 (116th): PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act
• S. 2522 (116th): Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
• S. 1148 (116th): ATC Hiring Reform Act of 2019
• S. 245 (115th): Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017
• S. 2074 (115th): A bill to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.
• S. 440 (115th): A bill to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota.

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Does 13 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Hoeven sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Native Americans (26%) Armed Forces and National Security (19%) Taxation (14%) Agriculture and Food (13%) Energy (10%) Animals (7%) Transportation and Public Works (6%) Sports and Recreation (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Hoeven recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 4227: A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize …
• S. 4111: Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act of 2022
• S. 3752: American Energy Independence from Russia Act
• S.Res. 497: A resolution congratulating the North Dakota State University Bison football team for winning …
• S. 3480: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to reduce the nuclear forces …
• S. 3430: Coal Council Certainty Act of 2021
• S. 3200: North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to May 2022, Hoeven missed 65 of 3,703 roll call votes, which is 1.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% 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 and major life events.

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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