Critz was the representative for Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2010 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA12, 2010-2012]](/static/legislator-photos/412386-200px.jpeg)
Enacted Legislation
Critz was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5605 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 47 East Fayette Street in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, as the “George C. Marshall Post Office”.
- H.R. 5606 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 47 South 7th Street in Indiana, Pennsylvania, as the “James M. ‘Jimmy’ Stewart Post Office …
Does 2 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
Critz sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (33%) Transportation and Public Works (22%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (22%) Taxation (22%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Critz recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4118 (112th): Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012
- H.Res. 310 (112th): Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 639) to amend title …
- H.R. 1544 (112th): Corridor N Extension Act of 2011
- H.R. 1518 (112th): Trade Enforcement Priorities Act
- H.R. 1396 (112th): Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2011
- H.R. 1177 (112th): K-IRA Act
- H.R. 630 (112th): Law Enforcement Officers’ Military Service Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From May 2010 to Jan 2013, Critz missed 16 of 1,985 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. 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
- Office of Mark Critz for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
