Andy Barr, R-KY

Andy Barr is a Republican Representative from Kentucky's House District 6.

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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.

• hjres92-119 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury relating to the review of applications under the Bank Merger Act.
• hjres103-119 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to protect American citizenship.
• hconres29-119 - Expressing support for the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement.
• hres861-119 - Expressing condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of religious minority groups, including Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and the detention of Pastor "Ezra" Jin Mingri and leaders of the Zion Church, and reaffirming the United States' global commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance.
• hres284-119 - Expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
• hr5014-119 - To codify Executive Order 14331 on fair banking.
• hr2405-119 - To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to carry out activities to provide for white oak restoration, and for other purposes. (aka The White Oak Resilience Act)
• hr5618-119 - To allow amounts made available for the Continuum of Care program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (aka Housing PLUS Act of 2025)
• hr4363-119 - To require elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to ensure biological fairness in women's sports as a condition of receiving Federal funds, and for other purposes. (aka Defend Girls Athletics Act)
• hr3230-119 - To increase the asset thresholds at which financial institutions become subject to certain requirements, and for other purposes. (aka Financial Institution Regulatory Tailoring Enhancement Act)
• hr1900-119 - To specify when the record is complete on certain acquisition applications related to depository institution holding companies, and for other purposes. (aka Bank Failure Prevention Act of 2025)
• hr3056-119 - To redesignate Camp Nelson National Monument, and for other purposes. (aka Camp Nelson National Monument Boundary Expansion Act)
• hr478-119 - To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to establish a 3-year phase-in period for de novo financial institutions to comply with Federal capital standards, to provide relief for de novo rural community banks, and for other purposes. (aka Promoting New Bank Formation Act)
• hr4875-119 - To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish a framework for the beneficial use of coal combustion residuals, and for other purposes. (aka Coal Ash for American Infrastructure Act)
• hr2702-119 - To curtail the political weaponization of Federal banking agencies by eliminating reputational risk as a component of the supervision of depository institutions. (aka Financial Integrity and Regulation Management Act)
• hr5542-119 - To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic continuous appropriations, and for other purposes. (aka End Government Shutdowns Act)
• hr4835-119 - To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit discrimination based on energy source in the use of certain authorities under title I and title III of such Act, and for other purposes. (aka Strategic Resources Non-discrimination Act)
• hr2358-119 - To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a study on climate change and other environmental disclosures in the municipal bond market, and to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a study on the solicitation of municipal securities business. (aka Ensuring Sound Guidance Act of 2025)
• hr2246-119 - To protect the national security of the United States by imposing sanctions with respect to certain persons of the People's Republic of China and prohibiting and requiring notifications with respect to certain investments by United States persons in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. (aka Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act)
• hr747-119 - To impose sanctions with respect to Chinese producers of synthetic opioids and opioid precursors, to hold Chinese officials accountable for the spread of illicit fentanyl, and for other purposes. (aka Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025)
• hr2666-119 - To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to provide an analysis with respect to major legislation over time, and for other purposes. (aka CBO Scoring Accountability Act)
• hr5766-119 - To require the Secretary of State to annually award an honorary Trump Peace Prize. (aka President Donald J. Trump Peace Prize Act)
• hr2924-119 - To authorize the Secretary of State to discontinue granting visas to nationals of countries failing to meet their North Atlantic Treaty Organization obligations to spend at least 2 percent of its gross domestic product on national defense, and for other purposes. (aka NATO Burden Sharing Enforcement Act)
• hr5767-119 - To require all testing relating to the issuance or renewal of a commercial driver's license to be conducted only in English, and for other purposes. (aka Secure Commercial Driver Licensing Act of 2025)
• hr1112-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the holding period used to determine whether horses are section 1231 assets to 12 months. (aka Racehorse Tax Parity Act)
• hr3484-119 - To terminate unused authorities of the Securities and Exchange Commission that were established pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. (aka Business Owners Protection Act of 2025)
• hr654-119 - To change the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into an independent agency named the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency, to transition the Agency to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. (aka TABS Act of 2025)
• hr3673-119 - To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to increase the exemption from registration threshold for certain investment advisers of private funds to reflect the change in inflation. (aka Small Business Investor Capital Access Act)
• hr5928-119 - To redesignate Camp Nelson National Monument. (aka Camp Nelson National Monument Act)
• hr4630-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore wagering loss limitation rules. (aka WAGER Act of 2025)
• hr5929-119 - To adjust the treatment of certain actions under Presidential Determination 2022-11 for Federal permitting improvement, and for other purposes. (aka Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resiliency Act)
• hr5927-119 - To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to accelerate designated critical artificial intelligence infrastructure projects as a priority national defense projects, and for other purposes. (aka Securing Reliable Power for Advanced Technologies Act)
• hr2908-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply current income tax bracket breakpoints to capital gains brackets. (aka Middle Class Savings Act)
• hr1113-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 3-year recovery period for all race horses. (aka Race Horse Cost Recovery Act of 2025)
• hr1652-119 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify standards for UDAAP enforcement actions brought by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. (aka Rectifying UDAAP Act)
• hr1236-119 - To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include certain retired law enforcement officers in the public safety officers' death benefits program. (aka Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025)
• hr4781-119 - To amend the FAST Act to add activities relating to the extraction, recovery, or processing of certain materials to the definition of a critical project, and for other purposes. (aka Rare Earth Solutions and Carbon Utilization Enhancement Act of 2025)
• hr3135-119 - To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to automatically qualify offering statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with certain securities issued under Regulation A tier 2, and for other purposes. (aka RACE Act of 2025)
• hr1653-119 - To reform the civil investigative demand process of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. (aka Civil Investigative Demand Reform Act of 2025)
• hr5253-119 - To provide that no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to award a grant or contract to an institution of higher education for the specific purposes of conducting fundamental research in collaboration with a covered entity. (aka Protecting American Research and Talent Act)
• hr987-119 - To amend certain banking laws to prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs, and for other purposes. (aka Fair Access to Banking 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.