Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, R-GA

Earl L. "Buddy" Carter is a Republican Representative from Georgia's House District 1.

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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.

• hr2248-119 - To require the President to personally sign any pardon or reprieve, and for other purposes. (aka SIGN Pardons Act)
• hr5256-119 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to reform the 340B drug pricing program, and for other purposes. (aka 340B ACCESS Act)
• hr1455-119 - To codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, and for other purposes. (aka Institute for Telecommunication Sciences Codification Act)
• hr3950-119 - To defend women's rights and protect freedom of conscience by using clear and accurate language and policies recognizing that women are biologically female and men are biologically male, and for other purposes. (aka Truth in Gender Act of 2025)
• hr379-119 - To provide that the rule relating to "Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage" (89 Fed. Reg. 23338 (April 3, 2024)) shall have no force or effect. (aka Healthcare Freedom and Choice Act)
• hr7528-119 - To amend section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to enhance the ability of outsourcing facilities to mitigate drug shortages by allowing a short-term period to continue supplying the market after a drug is in shortage. (aka GAP Supply Act)
• hr5081-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program. (aka Telehealth Modernization Act)
• hres406-119 - Removing certain Members from certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
• hres517-119 - Congratulating St. Joseph's Hospital of Savannah, Georgia, upon its 150th anniversary.
• hr751-119 - To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to codify the Panel of Health Advisors within the Congressional Budget Office, and for other purposes. (aka HEALTH Panel Act)
• hr25-119 - To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. (aka FairTax Act of 2025)
• hr4488-119 - To provide for the issuance of a Veterans Health Care Stamp. (aka Veterans Health Care Stamp Act)
• hr5768-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust payment for skin substitute products under the Medicare program. (aka Skin Substitute Access and Payment Reform Act)
• hr4878-119 - To help end crime and disorder on America's streets. (aka Make Our Streets Safe Again Act)
• hr1596-119 - To designate the U.S. National Poultry Research Center of the Department of Agriculture located in Athens, Georgia, as the "Abit Massey Poultry Research Center".
• hr7462-119 - To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain data sets when determining eligibility related to indemnity payments under the Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index endorsement, and for other purposes. (aka Farmers’ AID Relief Act)
• hr4442-119 - To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for eligibility radius requirements for transit-oriented development projects in proximity of intercity passenger rail or fixed guideway rail transit under the railroad rehabilitation and improvement program, and for other purposes. (aka Catalyzing Housing and American Ready Growth and Expansion Investments Act)
• hr4838-119 - To establish criminal liability for mayors of sanctuary cities in cases of murder committed by undocumented immigrants within their jurisdiction, and for other purposes. (aka ERIC ADAMS Act of 2025)
• hr6559-119 - To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the fallen patriots of Thiokol, in recognition of their sacrifice and contribution to the Nation. (aka Thiokol Memorial Gold Medal Act)
• hr7686-119 - To recognize the importance of clinical roles of locum tenens physicians, and for other purposes. (aka Rural and Underserved Health Care Staffing Act)
• hr1980-119 - To reauthorize and make improvements to the State medical stockpile pilot program administered by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response through fiscal year 2030. (aka State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2025)
• hr7423-119 - To amend section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) to clarify and strengthen requirements relating to information sharing between State and local governments and Federal immigration authorities, to prohibit State and local policies that materially restrict such information sharing, and for other purposes. (aka No Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026)
• hr262-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special rule for certain casualty losses of uncut timber. (aka Disaster Reforestation Act)
• hr2289-119 - To provide that an eligible facilities request under section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. (aka American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025)
• hr9266-119 - To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous materials to require placards to be placed on all refrigerated shipping containers, and for other purposes. (aka Chief Chris Eddy’s Law)
• hr4317-119 - To assure pharmacy access and choice for Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes. (aka PBM Reform Act of 2025)
• hr2821-119 - To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to publish a final rule relating to nonclinical testing methods. (aka FDA Modernization Act 3.0)
• hr2288-119 - To nullify the final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency titled "Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter". (aka Common Sense Air Regulations Act)
• hr7352-119 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to develop innovative antimicrobial drugs targeting the most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections, and for other purposes. (aka PASTEUR Act of 2026)
• hr4975-119 - To amend the Federal Reserve Act to establish procedures for removal of the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. (aka Timely Oversight of Operations, Liquidity, Accountability, Targeting, and Effectiveness Act)
• hres617-119 - Supporting the goals and ideals of Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day.
• hres806-119 - Supporting the recognition of October 2025 as "National Breast Cancer Awareness Month".
• hres805-119 - Recognizing October 2025 as "American Pharmacists Month" in honor of the contribution of pharmacists to provide safe, accessible, affordable, and beneficial patient care services and products to all residents and protect the public health of our communities.
• hres437-119 - Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Georgia Ports Authority.
• hres937-119 - Condemning the Government of Ethiopia for actions that threaten regional stability, violate fundamental human rights, and undermine the strategic interests of the United States in the Horn of Africa.
• hres709-119 - Condemning the September 10, 2025, political assassination of Charlie Kirk and honoring his life and legacy.
• hres1168-119 - Recognizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for their work in protecting communities from violent criminals and illegal aliens.
• hres799-119 - Recognizing President Donald J. Trump's Role as a Transformational Peacemaker Whose Achievements in International Diplomacy Merit the Nobel Peace Prize.
• hres706-119 - Removing a certain Member from certain standing committees of the House.
• hres448-119 - Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the Cover-Up of President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.'s Cognitive and Physical Health Decline.
• hres674-119 - Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for promoting and cheering on terrorism and antisemitism at the People's Conference for Palestine.
• hres686-119 - Supporting the designation of the week of September 14, 2025, through September 20, 2025, as "Telehealth Awareness Week".
• hres494-119 - Condemning the Violent Attacks on Law Enforcement Officers and Military Servicemembers, and the Destruction of Personal Property in Los Angeles, California.
• hres652-119 - To recognize and honor the heroes of the Fort Stewart, Georgia, shooting on August 6, 2025.
• hres283-119 - Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
• hres1026-119 - Condemning the violent disruption of a religious worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, reaffirming the constitutional right to religious freedom, and commending the Department of Justice for its prompt investigation.
• hres647-119 - Condemning remarks made by Representative Delia Ramirez of Illinois declaring her allegiance to the Republic of Guatemala before the United States of America.
• hr2493-119 - To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. (aka Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025)
• hr8538-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for limited full expensing of certain reforestation expenditures. (aka Save America’s Family Forests Act of 2026)
• hr6254-119 - To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States more flexibility with respect to using contractors to make eligibility determinations and redeterminations and conduct fair hearings on behalf of the State Medicaid plan, and for other purposes. (aka Medicaid Staffing Flexibility and Protection Act of 2025)
• hr1909-119 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. (aka Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025)
• hr5937-119 - To limit the provision of Federal funding to New York City during any period Zohran Mamdani is mayor, and for other purposes. (aka MAMDANI Act)
• hr4218-119 - To amend the Clean Air Act to facilitate State implementation of national ambient air quality standards, and for other purposes. (aka Clean Air and Economic Advancement Reform Act)
• hr4425-119 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and chaplaincy education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice care. (aka Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act)
• hr8678-119 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to include mandatory minimum sentences for the attempted assassination of a Member of Congress, a member of the Cabinet, a justice of the Supreme Court, the President, the Vice President, or certain presidential staff, and for other purposes. (aka Zero Tolerance for Political Violence Act of 2026)
• hr6975-119 - To subject aliens convicted of fraud to deportation and to bestow concurrent jurisdiction to revoke the citizenship of any naturalized United States citizen convicted of fraud on any court that enters such a conviction. (aka Fraud Accountability Act)
• hr1161-119 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland". (aka Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025)
• hr2926-119 - To establish the National Energy Dominance Council, and for other purposes. (aka National Energy Dominance Council Act of 2025)
• hr1160-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of locum tenens physicians and advanced care practitioners as independent contractors to help alleviate physician shortages, including in underserved areas. (aka Health Care Provider Shortage Minimization Act of 2025)
• hr3059-119 - To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. (aka Streamlining Critical Mineral Permitting Act)
• hr1521-119 - To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans, and for other purposes. (aka Dental and Optometric Care Access Act of 2025)
• hr261-119 - To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit the Secretary of Commerce from prohibiting, or requiring any permit or other authorization for, the installation, continued presence, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have been authorized by a Federal or State agency. (aka Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025)
• hr1779-119 - To direct the Administrator of General Services to sell the property known as the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building, and for other purposes. (aka Stop Wasteful Allocations of Money for Pelosi 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.