Vern Buchanan, R-FL

Vern Buchanan is a Republican Representative from Florida's House District 16.

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Sponsored Legislation:

The list below shows the pieces of legislation (including bills, resolutions, and amendments) that this legislator has sponsored. Not all pieces of legislation have been brought for a roll call vote.

• hr1406-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the coverage of additional lung cancer screening tests under the Medicare program. (aka Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention Act of 2025)
• hr378-119 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the victim. (aka Thin Blue Line Act)
• hr3750-119 - To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to provide certain members of the Armed Forces with continuous glucose monitoring technology. (aka FORCE-FIT Act)
• hr1407-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program. (aka Permanent Telehealth from Home Act)
• hr1661-119 - To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the slaughter of equines for human consumption. (aka SAFE Act of 2025)
• hr4313-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend acute hospital care at home waiver flexibilities, and to require an additional study and report on such flexibilities. (aka Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act)
• hr3904-119 - To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of duty for bicycle assembly and manufacturing parts, and for other purposes. (aka U.S. Bicycle Production and Assembly Act)
• hr2408-119 - To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include algal blooms in the definition of a major disaster, and for other purposes. (aka Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act)
• hr139-119 - To make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes. (aka Sunshine Protection Act of 2025)
• hr137-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affecting individuals, families, and small businesses, and for other purposes. (aka TCJA Permanency Act)
• hr136-119 - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct an independent review of the deaths of certain veterans by suicide, and for other purposes. (aka Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2025)
• hr138-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow expenses for parents to be taken into account as medical expenses, and for other purposes. (aka Lowering Costs for Caregivers Act of 2025)
• hr2172-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify congressional intent and preserve patient access to home infusion therapy under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. (aka Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act)
• hr1905-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain students from the calculation to determine if certain private colleges and universities are subject to the excise tax on net investment income, and for other purposes. (aka Protecting American Students Act)
• hr1185-119 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of curricula for training students, teachers, and school personnel to understand, recognize, prevent, and respond to signs of human trafficking and exploitation in children and youth, and for other purposes. (aka Human Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Training Act)
• hr919-119 - To codify Internal Revenue Service guidance relating to treatment of certain services and items for chronic conditions as meeting the preventive care deductible safe harbor for purposes of high deductible health plans in connection with health savings accounts. (aka Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act)
• hr1405-119 - To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to assess the key regulatory barriers that impede the expansion or siting of new pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in the United States, and for other purposes. (aka Enhancing Domestic Drug Manufacturing Competitiveness Act)
• hr140-119 - To provide tax relief for damages relating to Hurricanes Helene and Milton. (aka Hurricane Helene and Milton Tax Relief Act of 2025)
• hr4974-119 - To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud. (aka DETECT Act of 2025)
• hr1050-119 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens associated with criminal gangs, and for other purposes. (aka Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act)
• hr4548-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for small employer pension plan startup costs and the retirement auto-enrollment credit available to tax-exempt eligible small employers. (aka Small Nonprofit Retirement Security Act of 2025)
• hr920-119 - To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled substances, and for other purposes. (aka Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act)
• hr1290-119 - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs refers veterans experiencing mental health crises to approved non-Department mental health care providers, and for other purposes. (aka Veterans Mental Health Crisis Referral Enhancement Act of 2025)
• hr721-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the adjusted gross income limitation for above-the-line deduction of expenses of performing artist employees, and for other purposes. (aka Performing Artist Tax Parity Act of 2025)
• hjres3-119 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.
• hr8959-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the application of the advanced manufacturing investment credit with respect to semiconductor manufacturing facilities located in outer space. (aka Semiconductor Superiority Act)
• hr134-119 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention, inadmissibility, and removal of aliens who commit sexual assault. (aka Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act)
• hr7786-119 - To establish protections against digital impersonation fraud, and for other purposes. (aka AI Fraud Accountability Act)
• hr6051-119 - To promote the voluntary inclusion of emergency contact information in State driver's license and identification systems and to provide support to States for implementation of such systems, and for other purposes. (aka To Inform Families First Act of 2025)
• hr1289-119 - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and carry out a pilot program to administer to eligible veterans medically-tailored meals and groceries, and for other purposes. (aka Veterans Nutrition and Wellness Act of 2025)
• hr135-119 - To designate the West Indian manatee as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. (aka Manatee Protection Act of 2025)
• hr3389-119 - To direct the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to establish a training course relating to Alzheimer's disease and similar forms of dementia. (aka Alzheimer’s Law Enforcement Education Act of 2025)
• hr483-119 - To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to delay the implementation of electronic clinical quality metrics for accountable care organizations, and for other purposes. (aka Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act)
• hr9501-119 - To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud. (aka AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026)
• hr482-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the application of the income tax on qualified tips through a deduction allowed to all individual taxpayers, and for other purposes. (aka No Tax on Tips Act)
• hr6513-119 - To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the captivity of mink, and for other purposes. (aka MINKS are Superspreaders Act)
• hr6514-119 - To prohibit the use of live animals in Department of Defense live fire trauma training. (aka Protecting Animals in Military Training Act)
• hr1977-119 - To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study relating to obesity in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
• hr5347-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the availability of appropriate collection types for quality reporting under the Medicare Shared Savings Program, and for other purposes. (aka Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act)
• hr661-119 - To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Council for Technology and Innovation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to carry out a program to facilitate and coordinate efforts between the United States and Israel to expand and enhance collaboration on the development and delivery of health care products and services. (aka Maximizing Israel-U.S. Research Advancement and Collaborative Leadership in Emerging Medical Technology Act of 2025)
• hr1778-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote new business innovation, and for other purposes. (aka American Innovation Act of 2025)
• hr2760-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the income cap for and make permanent the mortgage insurance premium deduction. (aka Middle Class Mortgage Insurance Premium Act of 2025)
• hr6130-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of blood-based dementia screening tests. (aka Alzheimer’s Screening and Prevention Act of 2025)
• hr1978-119 - To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to treat obesity as a disease and reduce the prevalence of obesity in certain Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
• hr1186-119 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation or transportation of child sex dolls, and for other purposes. (aka CREEPER Act 2.0)
• hr2759-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception to percentage of completion method of accounting for certain residential construction contracts. (aka Fair Accounting for Condominium Construction Act)

Vote Summary

The chart below shows all the votes cast by this legislator. The bars are color-coded by party. Red bars indicate votes cast in support of Republican-sponsored legislation or against Democrat-sponsored legislation; blue bars indicate the opposite.

See the about page for the methodology we use to determine what is and is not a party-line vote.