Tom Barrett, R-MI

Tom Barrett is a Republican Representative from Michigan's House District 7.

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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.

• hr7196-119 - To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting any law to permit euthanasia and assisted suicide in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
• hr7756-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax-advantaged homeowner savings accounts. (aka First-time Homebuyer Savings Account Act of 2026)
• hr1039-119 - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an assessment of notice letters that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes. (aka Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act)
• hr5420-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain authorities and requirements relating to health care and benefits furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. (aka VA Extenders Act of 2025)
• hr6833-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to reorganize the acquisition structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to establish the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in the Department, and for other purposes. (aka Acquisition Reform and Cost Assessment Act of 2025)
• hr9620-119 - To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a plan for the deployment of Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X. (aka Military Next-Gen Collision Avoidance Act of 2026)
• hr7349-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to give individuals with deceased spouses the same exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence as is allowed to married couples, regardless of how much time has passed since such death. (aka Time to Heal Act)
• hr9046-119 - To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on members of the Armed Forces who separated from the Armed Forces due to the mandate to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and the transfer of education benefits by such members, and for other purposes. (aka COVID-19 Military Mandate Transparency Act)
• hr7861-119 - To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for certain reforms with respect to medical loss ratios and reducing fraudulent enrollment in qualified health plans. (aka Care Over Profits Act of 2026)
• hr10118-119 - To prohibit Members of Congress from signing certain nondisclosure agreements related to data centers, and for other purposes. (aka No Data Center NDAs Act)
• hr3055-119 - To direct the Secretary of Transportation to develop an action plan on members of the Armed Forces eligible for preseparation counseling and veterans becoming supply chain employees, and for other purposes. (aka Transitioning Retiring And New Service Members to Port Ocean Rail and Truck Jobs Act)
• hr9952-119 - To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourage local educational agencies to provide students with at least one hour of physical activity time during each school day, and for other purposes. (aka Healthy Recess for Learning Act)
• hr3833-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of eligible veterans, and for other purposes. (aka Veterans’ Caregiver Appeals Modernization Act of 2025)
• hr7009-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to members of the reserve components and the National Guard who perform certain duties, and for other purposes. (aka Home Affordability for Guard and Reserve Act)
• hr8673-119 - To exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads.
• hr10119-119 - To prohibit the preemption of State or local land-use, zoning, siting, or permitting authority for data centers on non-Federal land, and for other purposes. (aka Protecting Local Control of Data Centers Act)
• hr7860-119 - To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to address fraudulent enrollments in the Exchanges. (aka Stop ACA Enrollment Fraud Act of 2026)
• hr4480-119 - To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to designate a Veteran Advocate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes. (aka Improving Disaster Assistance for Veterans Act)
• hr3483-119 - To amend title 38, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use an information technology system to detect fraud, waste, and abuse regarding claims for payment submitted to the Secretary under the Veterans Community Care Program. (aka Forcing Real Accountability for Unlawful Distributions Act of 2025)
• hr9949-119 - To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the impacts of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead in infant formula on infant health and establish standards for regulating the content of such substances in infant formula. (aka Safe Baby Formula Act of 2026)
• hr2755-119 - To amend title 49, United States Code, to increase the vehicle length limitation for truck tractor-lowboy trailer combinations, and for other purposes. (aka Lowboy Auto Hauler Fairness Act of 2025)
• hr7083-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the process of the Department of Veterans Affairs for making payments to automobile sellers for automobiles purchased for certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes. (aka Centralized Reimbursement for Upgraded Innovative Service Equipment Act)
• hr8436-119 - To repeal the joint resolution entitled "A joint resolution to promote peace and stability in the Middle East". (aka Cold War Military Force Repeal Act)
• hr3482-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an online program through which an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs may schedule an appointment for a covered veteran with a non-Department health care provider under the Veterans Community Care Program, and for other purposes. (aka Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act)
• hr2169-119 - To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day shall be observed separately from Inauguration Day, and for other purposes. (aka Proper Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day Act)
• hr3619-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for an opportunity for members of the Armed Forces who were involuntarily or voluntarily separated for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination to transfer the entitlement to educational assistance of such members to their dependents. (aka Patriots Over Politics Act)
• hr7755-119 - To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit a report to the Congress with respect exempting any downpayment requirement for mortgage insurance offered by the Federal Housing Administration for first-time homebuyers who are first responders or school teachers, and for other purposes. (aka Housing for Our Hometown Heroes Act)
• hr1898-119 - To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress reports on the feasibility of installing traffic alert and collision avoidance systems and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast IN capabilities in all military rotary-wing aircraft, and for other purposes. (aka Military Helicopter Training Safety Act of 2025)
• hr6047-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the dollar amounts for the payment of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary. (aka Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026)
• hr7753-119 - To strengthen and standardize "first look" protections for covered properties to ensure first-time homebuyers have priority access to foreclosed homes, and for other purposes. (aka First Look for First-time Homebuyers Act of 2026)
• hr7754-119 - To require a study on the feasibility and potential impacts of portable Federally backed mortgage loans, and for other purposes. (aka Take Your Rate Act of 2026)
• hr7167-119 - To require a citizenship question on the decennial census, to require reporting on certain census statistics, to modify apportionment of Representatives to be based on United States citizens instead of all persons, to prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment, and for other purposes. (aka Make It Count Act)
• hr7239-119 - To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to submit to Congress an action plan for advancing the deployment of the Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X, and for other purposes. (aka Next-Gen Collision Avoidance Act)
• hjres159-119 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the duration of authorizations of the use of force.
• hjres176-119 - Authorizing the use of the United States Armed Forces against the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (aka 2026 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iran)
• hjres145-119 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the terms of office of the judges of the Supreme Court and inferior courts.
• hjres141-119 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require the concurrence of two-thirds of both Houses of Congress for the admission of new States into the Union.
• hjres191-119 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Congress and the States shall have certain authority to regulate and limit contributions and spending in campaigns for elections for public office, elections for public office, and ballot initiatives and referendums.
• hres1334-119 - Reaffirming the Nation's commitment to one Nation Under God in the Pledge of Allegiance.
• hr9951-119 - To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools participating in the school lunch program or school breakfast program to publish information on any menu item or food offered or served in a lunch or breakfast, and for other purposes. (aka Know What’s on the Tray Act of 2026)
• hr9950-119 - To provide healthy food options in military commissaries, and for other purposes. (aka Healthy Commissaries, Healthy Families Act)
• hr8072-119 - To direct the Secretary of Defense to test and certify each automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast out transponder system on a Department of Defense aircraft that is operated in United States airspace, and for other purposes. (aka Safety in Shared Skies Act of 2026)
• hr1364-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide clarification regarding the inclusion of medically necessary automobile adaptations in Department of Veterans Affairs definition of "medical services". (aka ASSIST Act of 2025)
• hr9570-119 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building".
• hr3088-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists under the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. (aka Veterans Hearing Health Expansion Act)
• hr8434-119 - To prohibit an authorization for use of military force which authorizes such force for a period longer than 5 years or an unspecified period of time from receiving congressional priority procedures. (aka Prevent Endless Wars Act)
• hr9727-119 - To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide that not less than half of the funds used to make certain independent expenditures must be contributed by persons in the State where the expenditure is made. (aka Outside Influence Prevention Act)
• hr7240-119 - To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to revise regulations relating to ADS-B Out transmission exceptions, and for other purposes. (aka Military ADS–B Out Loophole Act)
• hr9726-119 - To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish an expenditure limit with respect to candidates for the House of Representatives. (aka Campaign Accountability and Parity Act)
• hr3481-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for electronic communication relating to educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes. (aka Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025)
• hr8435-119 - To amend the War Powers Resolution to provide for priority procedures for joint resolutions, and for other purposes. (aka War Powers Priority Procedures Modernization 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.