Scott Perry, Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District

Perry is the representative for Pennsylvania’s 4^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Perry is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 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. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

FreedomWorks: 100% NumbersUSA: 100% Americans for Prosperity: 94% The Club for Growth: 91% United States Chamber of Commerce: 78% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B+ American Civil Liberties Union: 17% NIAC Action: D League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Scott Perry sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Homeland Security
- Chair, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency
- Member, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
- Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

Enacted Legislation

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

H.R. 366: DHS SAVE Act

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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 about one third or more 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

Perry sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (21%) Immigration (18%) Emergency Management (15%) Transportation and Public Works (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Environmental Protection (9%) International Affairs (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Perry’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 Apr 26, 2017. Passed 378/48. This bill would change the appointment process for the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the Register of Copyrights. Currently the Register of Copyrights is hired by the Librarian of Congress (who is the head of the Library of Congress). This bill would ...
Aye	S. 612: A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the “George P. Kazen Federal Building ... Dec 8, 2016. Passed 360/61.
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Nay	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Nay	H.R. 4681 (113th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Dec 10, 2014. Passed 325/100.
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	S. 1603 (113th): Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act Sep 16, 2014. Passed 359/64.
No	H.R. 1947 (113th): Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 Jun 20, 2013. Failed 195/234.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Apr 2018, Perry missed 37 of 3,393 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2013 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	58^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	1	0.5%	24^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	24^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	49^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	55^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	50^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	4	1.6%	58^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	4	2.9%	53^rd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	4	1.9%	61^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	2	1.5%	45^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	37^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	7	4.2%	76^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	3	2.3%	50^th
2018 Apr-Apr	25	0	0.0%	0^th

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Scott Perry is pronounced:

skot // PE-ree

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
K k	king
O o	top
P p	pen
R r	rag
S s	sit
T t	top

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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