Perry is the representative for Pennsylvania’s 10th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2019. Perry is next up for reelection in 2020.
He was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 4th congressional district as a Republican from 2013 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA10]](/static/legislator-photos/412569-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Perry.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Perry 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 Perry has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 16, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Scott Perry sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Perry was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 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
Perry sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (24%) Emergency Management (17%) Immigration (14%) Transportation and Public Works (12%) Environmental Protection (10%) Economics and Public Finance (10%) International Affairs (7%) Government Operations and Politics (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Perry’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5648: To direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish stellate ganglion block to ...
- H.R. 5460: To direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to revise ...
- H.R. 5461: To provide that the Secretary of Homeland Security may not admit to the ...
- H.R. 5462: BUSREGS21 Act
- H.R. 3921: Protecting Academic Integrity Act of 2019
- H.R. 3787: DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act
- H.R. 3786: Student Loan Reform Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Jan 2020, Perry missed 59 of 4,462 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.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
