Rep. Scott Legislative Accomplishments
It is an honor to serve the people of Georgia's Eighth District. With your support, we have been able to accomplish the following. Additonally, you can click here for a full list of legislation I have both sponsored and co-sponsored.
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
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 2013 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)