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 and serves until Jan 3, 2021.
He was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 4th congressional district as a Republican from 2013 to 2018.
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![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 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 Oct 27, 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:
International Affairs (21%) Crime and Law Enforcement (19%) Emergency Management (14%) Immigration (12%) Transportation and Public Works (10%) Environmental Protection (10%) Government Operations and Politics (7%) Education (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Perry’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 8491: To designate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a transnational organized crime group.
- H.R. 7981: Name the Enemy Act
- H.R. 7982: PUSHBACK Act
- H.R. 6945: To prohibit all United States assessed and voluntary contributions to the World Health ...
- H.R. 6948: Free Tibet Act of 2020
- H.R. 6946: To prohibit all United States assessed and voluntary contributions to the United Nations ...
- H.R. 6947: Hong Kong Freedom Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Oct 2020, Perry missed 64 of 4,658 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. 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.
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
