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RepublicanAustin Scott
U.S. Representative · Georgia
Georgia's 8th district
U.S. Representative from Georgia
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How they won their seat
Austin Scott won the 2024 U.S. House election in Georgia (District 8) with 68.9% of the vote (231,547 votes).
- Austin Scott · Republican68.9%231,547
- Darrius Butler · Democrat31.1%104,434
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Austin Scott's record shows a focus on military appropriations, agricultural issues, and veterans' affairs. He has sponsored multiple bills related to military funding (e.g., HRES 1398, HRES 682) and has been active in agricultural committees, as evidenced by his role as Vice Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture and sponsorship of bills like HR 9416 and HR 7559. Additionally, he has sponsored legislation aimed at supporting disabled Americans and veterans, such as HR 8884 and HR 1841. Focus areas (from the record): Military Funding · Agriculture · Veterans Affairs · Disability Rights · Environmental Policy Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file for Austin Scott, making it impossible to assess alignment with any stated goals. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal any personal motives or intentions behind the sponsored bills; There is no information on the effectiveness of the legislation he has sponsored; The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess his overall political philosophy. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Austin Scott has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2012. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Austin Scott has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$7K1%
- Large individual (itemized)$279K34%
- PAC / committee$542K65%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Vice Chair, House Committee on AgricultureOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Committee on Armed ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on RulesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chair, House Committee on Agriculture — General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and CreditOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Committee on Agriculture — Nutrition and Foreign AgricultureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Agriculture — Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural DevelopmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Armed Services — Intelligence and Special OperationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Armed Services — ReadinessOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — Central Intelligence AgencyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Rules — Rules and Organization of the HouseOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — National Intelligence EnterpriseOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — National Security Agency and CyberOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
79 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $925,639, spent $648,826, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HRES 1398: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal ↗Jun 30, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9416: Ocmulgee Mounds National Park Redesignation Act ↗Jun 24, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8884: Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act ↗May 19, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8863: To amend title 5, United States Code, to add certain employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to the definition of employees in fire protection activities for the purpose of compensation for certain illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities. ↗May 15, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1224: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferre ↗Apr 29, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8322: To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through April 30, 2026, and for other purposes. ↗Apr 16, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1175: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8035) to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes. ↗Apr 15, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7559: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny deduction for outsourcing payments. ↗Feb 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7475: Expedited Guaranteed Lender Pilot Program Act ↗Feb 10, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1009: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6945) to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of States to use funds for pregnancy centers, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6359) to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution ↗Jan 20, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7120: Purple Heart Freedom to Work Act ↗Jan 15, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6598: Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act of 2025 ↗Dec 10, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 79 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 505
- Nay
- 148
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 2
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Yea
- HR1501Yea
- HJRES1Yea
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HRES1490Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Yea
- HCONRES89Nay
- HCONRES113Yea
- HR7008Yea
- HR7008Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
1 position on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources →
Disclosure
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No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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