Legislative Accomplishments
Rep. Scott at an Ag Committee Hearing in 2017
117TH CONGRESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Key Accomplishments:
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
- Co-Chair, Congressional Crop Insurance Caucus
- Named to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly
Sponsored Legislation (as of 6/21/2021):
- To amend title II of the Social Security Act to disregard certain contributions to ABLE accounts when determining an individual's ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, and for other purposes (H.R. 3444)
- To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a disability benefit offset for Purple Heart recipients, and for other purposes (H.R. 3443)
- To amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the authority of the National Labor Relations Board with respect to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (H.R. 2063)
- To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to raise the borrowing limit of the Commodity Credit Corporation (H.R. 843)
116TH CONGRESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Key Accomplishments:
- Ranking Member, House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
- House Co-Chairman, Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
Sponsored Legislation:
- Assistance for Rural Health, Safety and Educational Facilities Act (H.R. 775)
- To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to raise the borrowing limit of the Commodity Credit Corporation (H.R. 6728)
- Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes. (H.R. 6611)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act (H.R. 4535)
- Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Extension Act of 2019 (H.R. 4496)
- To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses of spouses of members of the uniformed services, to improve occupational license portability for military spouses through interstate compacts, and for other purposes (H.R. 3072)
- ABLE Accounts for Veterans Act of 2019 (H.R. 2656)
- Purple Heart Freedom to Work Act (H.R. 2655)
- Agricultural Trucking Relief Act of 2019 (H.R. 1673)
- Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act of 2019 (H.R. 1024)
- Modernizing the Pittman-RobertsonFund for Tomorrow's Needs Act (H.R. 877)
115TH CONGRESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Key Accomplishments:
- Chairman, House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
- House Vice-Chairman, Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
- Named to 2018 Farm Bill Conference Committee
- Named to Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Committee
- Named to Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Committee
Sponsored Legislation:
- The Agriculture Trucking Relief Act (H.R. 7004)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act (H.R. 6121)
- Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act of 2018 (H.R. 5855)
- Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 4910) (Became Law)
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate and gift tax and to simplify the estate and gift tax (H.R. 3886)?
- End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2017 (H.R. 3546)
- Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act (H.R. 2591) (Passed the House)
- Protecting American Jobs Act (H.R. 1722)
114TH CONGRESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Key Accomplishments:
- Chairman, House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
Sponsored Legislation:
- Stop Abusing the Presidential Plane Act (H.R. 5649)
- End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2016 (H.R. 5525)
- CURB Lifeline Act of 2016 (H.R. 4884)
- Student Tax Affordability and Relief Act (H.R. 4363)
- To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to collect data regarding foreign travel, or repatriation, to the country of nationality or last habitual residence by an alien admitted to the United States as a refugee, and for other purposes. (H.R. 4074)
- Halting Government Overreach Act of 2015 (H.R. 3754)
- Protecting American Jobs Act (H.R. 1893)
- Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act (H.R. 1183)
- End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2015 (H.R. 266)
113TH CONGRESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Key Accomplishments:
- Chairman, House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture
- Named to 2014 Farm Bill Conference Committee
Sponsored Legislation:
- To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to increase the availability of pesticides for the management of parasitic pests that adversely impact the health of managed pollinator bees, and for other purposes. (H.R. 5447)
- Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2014 (H.R. 5376)
- Pay our Guardsmen and Civilian Defense Personnel Act (H.R. 3241)
- FARMER Act of 2013 (H.R. 1448)
- To prohibit foreign military financing to Egypt. (H.R. 1302)
- One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2013 (H.R. 1202)
- Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 (H.R. 972)
112TH CONGRESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Key Accomplishments:
- Named President of 112th Congress Freshman Class
Sponsored Legislation:
- Providing Assistance with the Paperwork from Excessive Regulations Act of 2012 (H.R. 6224)
- Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2012 (H.R. 5925)
- Protecting American Jobs Act (H.R. 2978)
- To rescind all unobligated funds made available for capital assistance for high-speed rail corridors under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (H.R. 2811)
- To repeal the Legal Services Corporation Act. (H.R. 2774)