Rep. Tom O’Halleran

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 Report Card for O’Halleran.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

O’Halleran 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 O’Halleran has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 2, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Tom O’Halleran sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Agriculture
  Conservation and Forestry subcommittees
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  Communications and Technology, Consumer Protection and Commerce, Energy subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

O’Halleran was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 1569: To amend title 28, United States Code, to add Flagstaff and Yuma to the list of locations in which court shall be held in the judicial district for ...
• H.R. 4032 (115th): Gila River Indian Community Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary Clarification Act
• H.R. 5477: Rural DOCS Act

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Does 3 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

O’Halleran sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Native Americans (38%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (19%) Health (12%) Energy (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Education (7%) Government Operations and Politics (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of O’Halleran’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 7056: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding ...
• H.R. 6176: Solar VETS Act
• H.R. 5835: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain employees ...
• H.Res. 824: Expressing support for designation of the week beginning February 2, 2020, as “National ...
• H.R. 5541: Tribal Power Act
• H.R. 5323: Tribal Elder Care Improvement Act of 2019
• H.Res. 737: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the efforts of the ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2017 to Jul 2020, O’Halleran missed 22 of 2,049 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.2% 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.

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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
• Office of Tom O'Halleran for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills