U.S. Representative · Pennsylvania · District 3
Dwight Evans
DemocratTerm through January 2027297 tracked votes
297 votes total · 7 broke with party
- HR 4795Sep 3, 2026Passed ChamberNay
Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
House vote · 237-169
Democrats33–167Republicans203–2Independents1–0Official title: H.R. 4795, Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
What this does
This bill conditions two kinds of federal higher education funding on an institution's dealings with Israel, described in the text as a major strategic partner defined by cross reference to section 4 of Public Law 113-296. It amends the Higher Education Act's Title IV rules so that an institution is ineligible for federal student aid funds if it engages in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel, meaning a business action, such as refusing to deal or ending business activity, that is intended to limit commercial relations with Israel and is not based on a valid business reason. Actions already covered by the existing exceptions in the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 do not count. It separately amends Title VI so an institution participating in Title VI programs, such as international education and foreign language area studies grants, must certify every year, starting by July 31 after enactment, that it will let its own students and faculty take part in academic programs in Israel on the same terms as programs in other countries, and let students and faculty from Israeli institutions take part in its own programs on the same terms as those from other countries. An institution that misses the July 31 deadline becomes ineligible for Title VI funds for the following fiscal year, including funds it would otherwise have drawn from a grant awarded in an earlier year. The bill also adds a nonbinding sense of Congress that limiting academic cooperation with a major strategic partner does not serve the security, stability, and economic vitality of the United States.
Single subject. Both sections tie Higher Education Act funding eligibility to the same relationship, an institution's dealings with Israel. Section 2 bars Title IV student aid eligibility for a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel. Section 3 requires an annual certification for Title VI program eligibility that the institution does not restrict academic exchange with Israel, plus a nonbinding sense of Congress on the same subject. A single yes vote carries both provisions, which run through different titles of the Higher Education Act with different funding streams and different compliance triggers.
- HJRES 1Sep 2, 2026FailedNay
Nine-Justice Supreme Court Amendment
House vote · 212-206
Democrats1–205Republicans211–0Independents0–1Official title: H.J. Res. 1, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices
What this does
This joint resolution would propose a constitutional amendment fixing the size of the Supreme Court of the United States at nine justices, one chief justice and eight associate justices. The amendment would become part of the Constitution only if ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states within seven years of its submission. It did not pass the House (vote 212-206).
A single-subject joint resolution proposing one constitutional amendment on the size of the Supreme Court. No unrelated provisions are attached.
- HR 1501Sep 2, 2026Passed ChamberNay
Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
House vote · 218-201
Democrats7–201Republicans210–0Independents1–0What this does
This bill expands which mining projects qualify for the FAST Act's coordinated federal permitting review process, and blocks a proposed rule that would have gone the other way. It adds mining and mineral processing to the FAST Act's definition of a covered project, the designation that lets a project use the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council's streamlined review under Title 41. It also bars the Council from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing a proposed rule from September 2023, titled Revising Scope of the Mining Sector of Projects That Are Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which addressed that same question of which mining sector projects qualify for the coverage.
Single subject. Both sections work on the same question, which mining projects qualify for FAST Act permitting coordination. Section 2 adds mining and mineral processing to the covered project definition, and Section 3 blocks the one proposed rule that would have revised eligibility for that same coverage. No unrelated rider carries a separate subject through this vote.
- HR 8800Jul 22, 2026BundledPassed ChamberNay
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
House vote · 216-212
Democrats6–205Republicans209–7Independents1–0What this does
This is the annual defense authorization act for fiscal year 2027, setting policy and authorizing funding levels for the Defense Department, military construction, and the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons programs. It runs 1,253 sections across five divisions and is far too large to lay out provision by provision, so this covers the major components; specific dollar figures for individual programs sit in Division D's funding tables, incorporated section by section. Division A authorizes active duty end strength for fiscal year 2027 at 469,000 for the Army, 356,600 for the Navy, 173,700 for the Marine Corps, 330,400 for the Air Force, and 13,200 for the Space Force. It also creates the Military Chaplains Modernization Act of 2026, adding new protections and duties for chaplains under Title 10, and directs the Defense Department to give preference to domestically sourced uranium and other critical minerals over foreign suppliers. Division B, the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, authorizes specific military construction and family housing projects, including $918,000,000 at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, and $380,000,000 at Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii. Division C authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for the National Nuclear Security Administration's nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs for fiscal year 2027. Division E, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, also called the SAVE America Act, rewrites federal election law nationwide, the same rider Congress attached to the fiscal year 2027 State Department appropriations act one week earlier. It requires anyone registering to vote in a federal election to present documentary proof of United States citizenship, with an attestation based fallback for applicants who cannot produce a document, and separately requires a photo identification to cast a ballot in a federal election, in person or by mail. States must submit voter rolls to the Department of Homeland Security's SAVE system to identify and remove noncitizens after notice, and the act creates new federal crimes for registering an applicant without proof of citizenship or materially assisting a noncitizen to register or vote. Absent uniformed services voters are exempt from both requirements, which take effect on enactment.
This is a bundle. A single House vote combined the annual defense policy bill with a nationwide rewrite of voter registration and voter ID law that has nothing to do with defense. A member could not vote for the military pay, end strength, and construction authorizations in Divisions A through C without also voting for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act's citizenship documentation and photo ID mandates in Division E, which are ordinarily standalone legislation. This is the same rider Congress attached to the separate State Department appropriations act one week earlier, so the same policy reached a House vote twice in two different must pass vehicles within a week. The bill's title names only defense authorization, giving no indication that Division E rewrites voter eligibility law.
- HR 7008Jul 22, 2026BundledPassed ChamberNay
Stop Insider Trading Act
House vote · 232-198
Democrats13–198Republicans218–0Independents1–0What this does
This bill is two unrelated measures voted under one title. The first, the Stop Insider Trading Act, bars Members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from buying individual stocks and other covered investments while in office, requires advance public notice before a covered sale, and sets fees and enforcement through the supervising ethics office. The second, folded in on the floor as the text of the Voter ID Act, amends the Help America Vote Act to require voters to show a valid physical photo ID to cast a ballot in a federal election, provides a provisional ballot when they cannot, and directs states to notify people of the photo-ID requirement when they register to vote. A yes vote endorsed both the congressional stock-trading ban and the federal voter photo-ID mandate together.
This was not one bill but two. The stock-trading ethics measure and a federal voter photo-ID measure (the Voter ID Act, H.R. 9368) were combined into a single substitute and passed under one vote, so a member could not vote on one without the other.
- HR 1118Jul 21, 2026Government Operations and PoliticsPassed ChamberYea
Value over Cost Act of 2026
House vote · 421-1
Democrats210–0Republicans210–1Independents1–0What this does
The bill changes the standard that governs the federal government's multiple award schedule purchasing program. It amends Section 152(3)(B) of title 41 of the United States Code by striking the phrase "lowest overall cost alternative" and inserting "best value." Under current law that provision treats a purchase made through the program as competitive when it results in the lowest overall cost alternative. The bill shifts that benchmark so the purchase is measured against best value instead of lowest cost alone. In short, agencies buying through these schedules would weigh overall value rather than price by itself.
The bill has a single subject. It carries a short title and one amendment to a single subparagraph of the procurement code, so it stands on its own.
- HR 6955Jul 21, 2026Finance and Financial SectorPassed ChamberNay
Main Street Capital Access Act
House vote · 270-155
Democrats56–154Republicans213–1Independents1–0What this does
The House passed a broad rollback of bank regulation covering new-bank formation, regulatory tailoring, exams, mergers, funding, and failure resolution.
Single-subject. Every title amends federal banking and credit-union law and moves in one direction: less regulatory burden and friction for banks, credit unions, and their regulators. The one fiscal provision, a $425 million cut to the Federal Reserve's discretionary surplus fund in Section 803, is a standard revenue offset inside a banking package and is not an unrelated rider. A single yes was a vote on bank deregulation, nothing else.
- HR 9770Jul 21, 2026Economics and Public FinancePassed ChamberNay
FY2027 Continuing Resolution
House vote · 220-205
Democrats6–204Republicans213–1Independents1–0Official title: Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.
What this does
This bill keeps the federal government funded past the September 30 deadline by extending fiscal year 2026 spending rates into fiscal year 2027. It is a continuing resolution. It carries no new full-year appropriations. Instead it lets agencies keep operating at their fiscal year 2026 rates under the same terms as the twelve named appropriations acts that funded them, covering agriculture, commerce and justice, defense, energy and water, financial services, homeland security, interior, labor and health and education, the legislative branch, military construction and veterans, state and foreign operations, and transportation and housing. This stopgap funding expires December 4, 2026, or sooner if Congress enacts the relevant full-year appropriations first. The bill restricts the Defense Department from starting new production, raising production rates, or beginning new projects that were not funded in fiscal year 2026. It adds specific new money above the continuing rate for the Indian Health Service, $75,774,000 for Indian Health Services and $8,296,000 for Indian Health Facilities, to staff recently opened facilities. It appropriates $174,000 each to the survivors of a deceased Representative and a deceased Senator. It blocks the automatic cost-of-living pay adjustment for Members of Congress during the period it covers.
Single subject in the ordinary sense of a continuing resolution: one vote keeps every named agency funded at prior-year rates. The coupling is inherent to the vehicle, not a hidden rider. Two separable provisions ride along as customary appropriations sections. Section 128 freezes the automatic congressional pay adjustment. Section 127 pays $174,000 death gratuities to survivors of two deceased Members. Both are traditional in continuing resolutions and germane to appropriations, so a yes was a vote to keep the government open on last year's terms.
- HR 8823Jul 20, 2026Government Operations and PoliticsPassed ChamberYea
Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act
House vote · 396-0
Democrats198–0Republicans197–0Independents1–0What this does
This bill lets the Secretary of Labor suspend payments to a medical provider who has been convicted of fraud. It amends Section 8103 of title 5, the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, which pays for medical care for injured federal workers. The suspension is discretionary, not automatic, and reaches only providers convicted of fraud. The conviction can involve the FECA program itself, any federal health care benefit program, or a similar state program. Congress directs the Secretary to write regulations to carry it out. The change applies to payments made on or after 180 days after enactment.
Single-subject. The bill has two sections: a short title and one amendment to FECA on suspending payments to fraud-convicted providers. There is no rider and no unrelated section.
- HR 4541Jul 20, 2026HealthBundledPassed ChamberYea
EARLY Act and SCREENS for Cancer Act
House vote · 394-6
Democrats200–0Republicans193–6Independents1–0Official title: To reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009.
What this does
The bill carries two titles. Title I, the EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2025, extends the sunset of the Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act by striking 2026 and inserting 2031 in the Public Health Service Act, continuing the CDC breast-health education program for young women through 2031. Title II, the SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2025, rewrites the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in Title XV of the Public Health Service Act. It adds program purposes covering prevention, navigation of care, and reducing disparities in breast and cervical cancer, changes the required program report from annual to once every 5 years, and authorizes $235,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. It also directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress by September 30, 2027 on the program's reach and any barriers to screening.
Two separately titled Acts joined in one vote: the EARLY Act reauthorization in title I and the SCREENS for Cancer Act in title II. The coupling is narrow because both concern breast and cervical cancer detection. Title I extends a single sunset from 2026 to 2031; title II rewrites and funds a separate CDC screening program at $235,500,000 a year through 2030. The displayed title names only the title I subject and omits the SCREENS for Cancer Act entirely.
- HR 8595Jul 15, 2026BundledPassed ChamberNay
National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027
House vote · 217-209
Democrats1–208Republicans215–1Independents1–0What this does
This is a fiscal year 2027 appropriations act for the State Department, foreign assistance, and international security programs, combined with a separate division that rewrites federal voter registration and voter identification law. It runs 78 sections across two divisions and is too large to lay out provision by provision, so this covers the major components. Division A funds the State Department and related foreign affairs agencies. It provides $9,761,523,000 for the Department of State's core diplomatic and consular operations, $3,350,000,000 for global health programs, and $5,533,800,000 for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and research, including a $1,250,000,000 contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. It provides $5,000,000,000 for international humanitarian and refugee assistance, $6,752,500,000 for the Foreign Military Financing Program, which funds grants for foreign governments to buy U.S. defense equipment, and $6,890,170,000 for National Security Investment Programs supporting Eastern Europe and the former Soviet states. It permanently rescinds $1,000,000,000 in unobligated international disaster assistance funds, $458,100,000 from consular and border security programs, and $385,000,000 from the Millennium Challenge Corporation. General provisions bar State Department funds from being used, directly or indirectly, to pressure U.S. technology and social media companies to restrict lawful online speech, and bar funds from being used for training or programming built around concepts such as an individual being inherently racist or oppressive because of race or sex, or the United States being systemically racist or sexist. Division B, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, rewrites federal election law nationwide. It requires anyone registering to vote in a federal election to present documentary proof of United States citizenship, such as a passport, a REAL ID-compliant document showing citizenship, or a certified birth certificate, though an applicant who cannot produce such a document may still register by signing a sworn citizenship attestation for a state or local official to evaluate. It separately requires a photo identification to cast a ballot in a federal election in person, or a copy of one, or a Social Security number plus an affidavit, to vote by mail. States must submit their voter rolls to the Department of Homeland Security's SAVE system to identify noncitizens and remove them after notice and a chance to prove citizenship. It creates new federal crimes for an election official who registers an applicant without proof of citizenship, or a federal employee who materially assists a noncitizen in registering or voting, and expands the law's private right of action to cover such registrations. Absent uniformed services voters are exempt from both the citizenship documentation and photo ID requirements. The requirements take effect on enactment.
This is a bundle. A single House vote combined an unrelated State Department and foreign aid spending bill with a nationwide rewrite of voter registration and voter ID law. A member could not vote for the department's operating budget, global health funding, and foreign military assistance without also voting for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act's citizenship documentation and photo ID mandates for federal elections, which are ordinarily debated and voted on as standalone legislation. The two divisions share no subject matter, and the bill's title names only the appropriations purpose, giving no indication that Division B rewrites voter eligibility law.
- HR 139Jul 14, 2026Science, Technology, CommunicationsPassed ChamberYea
Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
House vote · 308-117
Democrats114–95Republicans193–22Independents1–0What this does
This bill makes daylight saving time year-round by making today's summer clock the permanent standard. It repeals the section of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 that set daylight saving as a temporary period each year. It then amends the Calder Act to advance standard time by one hour in every US time zone, so the clocks the country now runs only in summer become the fixed standard all year. States and areas that had already exempted themselves from daylight saving time may choose either the new advanced standard time or the standard time in effect before this Act. The House passed it on July 14, 2026.
Single-subject. Both sections serve one aim: ending seasonal clock changes by making advanced time permanent. Section 1 is the short title and Section 2 carries the operative amendments, the state exemption, and a conforming amendment. There is no unrelated rider. No omnibus divisions.
- HR 1181Jul 14, 2026Finance and Financial SectorPassed ChamberNay
Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
House vote · 221-201
Democrats5–200Republicans215–1Independents1–0What this does
Card networks and payment processors would be barred from tagging purchases at gun stores with a code that marks them as firearms sellers. The bill prohibits a payment card network from requiring, and any covered payment processor from assigning, a merchant category code that is used only or primarily for firearms retailers or that identifies a retailer as engaged in selling firearms, ammunition, firearm accessories, or firearm components. The Attorney General enforces it: within 90 days of enactment the Attorney General must set up a complaint process, investigate complaints, and on finding a violation send written notice requiring the network or processor to fix it within 30 days, after which the Attorney General may seek a federal court injunction. The bill creates no private right of action and preempts any state or local law regulating firearm retailer merchant category codes. It does not stop a network or processor from complying with laws on dispute processing, fraud, compliance management, data breaches, or transaction integrity. The Attorney General must report to Congress each year on the number and disposition of investigations.
One subject throughout: merchant category codes that single out firearms retailers, plus the enforcement, preemption, and reporting machinery attached to that single prohibition. No unrelated matter is folded in.
- HR 8897Jul 13, 2026Transportation and Public WorksPassed ChamberYea
Improving Travel for American Families Act
House vote · 398-12
Democrats201–2Republicans196–10Independents1–0What this does
This bill authorizes the Transportation Security Administration to run an optional pilot program at airports that speeds security screening for adults traveling with children twelve years of age and under. The Administrator may start the program only if it does not compromise security protocols. Passengers would still be screened according to their vetting status under the Secure Flight program, and no one could enter a TSA PreCheck or other expedited lane without a boarding pass showing eligibility. In choosing airports, the Administrator would give priority to those with heavy family traffic and adequate space and staffing. The Administrator would have to brief House and Senate committees on the program within 270 days of starting it, and the program would run for two years.
Single subject. Section 1 sets the short title and Section 2 establishes the family-travel screening pilot with its security requirements, airport selection criteria, briefing requirement, and two-year sunset.
- HR 3106Jul 13, 2026Emergency ManagementPassed ChamberYea
Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025
House vote · 400-7
Democrats201–0Republicans198–7Independents1–0What this does
This bill orders the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and run a single preparedness exercise. The exercise must model a terrorist attack on critical infrastructure occurring during an extreme cold weather event, such as a polar vortex, and test the cascading effects on critical services. The scenario must cover how emergency managers, state officials, and private-sector and community stakeholders could mitigate the attack and bolster community resilience, and it must involve coordination with federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies. Within 60 days of finishing the exercise, the Secretary must send an after-action report to the House Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, laying out initial findings, plans for applying lessons learned, and any proposed legislative changes. The bill creates no new spending and no authority beyond running this exercise and reporting on it.
Single-subject. The bill has two sections: a short title and one operative mandate. Section 2 directs one exercise and requires a report on that same exercise. There is no rider or unrelated provision, so a yes vote carried one thing.
- HCONRES 108Jun 30, 2026International AffairsFailedYea
Directing Removal of US Forces from Hostilities in Lebanon
House vote · 189-235
Democrats187–22Republicans2–212Independents0–1Official title: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon.
What this does
This resolution would have directed the President to remove United States Armed Forces from any hostilities in Lebanon by not later than 7 days after the resolution was adopted. It invoked section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution. The resolution preserves security cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces and the protection of diplomatic facilities, and states that nothing in it authorizes the use of military force. The House rejected it 189 to 235, so it did not take effect and no removal was directed.
A single-subject concurrent resolution: one removal directive plus rules of construction that only limit how that directive is read. No unrelated matter is attached.
- HR 7128Jun 29, 2026Finance and Financial SectorPassed ChamberYea
TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
House vote · 373-15
Democrats191–0Republicans181–15Independents1–0What this does
TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 extends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program to 2034, raises the certification loss threshold to $10 million for acts in 2029 or later, adds a certification review timeline, and requires annual reporting of acts under review.
Single-subject. Every section amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. A yes vote carried the extension, the certification changes, and the reporting requirement, all within one program. No unrelated rider is present in the text.
- HR 7757Jun 29, 2026CommerceBundledPassed ChamberNayBroke with party
KIDS Act
House vote · 267-117
Democrats104–85Republicans162–32Independents1–0What this does
The KIDS Act creates federal online-safety duties for services used by minors and rewrites the children's privacy law, bundling at least thirteen separately titled measures into one bill.
This is a bundle, not a single-subject bill. One House vote carried at least thirteen separately titled measures across seven titles: the SCREEN Act (pornography age-gating), the Kids Online Safety Act (platform duties), the SPY Kids Act (a ban on market research targeting minors), the Safer GAMING Act (video-game messaging controls), the SAFE BOTs Act (chatbot rules), four research and education acts (Safe Social Media Act, No Fentanyl on Social Media Act, Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act, Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act, AWARE Act, Kids Internet Safety Partnership Act), and the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act rewriting COPPA plus a new data-broker registry. The coupling point is the stated subject: protecting minors online. The measures are thematically related but legally independent, each imposing distinct obligations on distinct classes of company, and each carrying its own short title, effective date, and severability. A member could not vote on the chatbot rules, the pornography age-gate, and the COPPA rewrite separately.
- HR 2478Jun 25, 2026Finance and Financial SectorPassed ChamberYea
Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025
House vote · 414-2
Democrats207–0Republicans206–2Independents1–0What this does
This bill lets mutual fund companies pause payouts they suspect are the product of elder financial exploitation. It amends Section 22 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. A registered open-end investment company and its transfer agent may opt in to the new rules by notifying the SEC. The rules apply only to firms that elect in, and only to non-institutional accounts held directly with the fund. An electing firm must ask each such customer for the name and contact information of at least one trusted adult, retain that information, and disclose in writing that it may contact that person about possible exploitation. An electing firm may then postpone paying a redemption beyond the normal seven-day limit when it reasonably believes the account holder is a "specified adult" and that financial exploitation has occurred, is occurring, or was attempted. The standard hold runs up to 15 business days and may be extended 10 more business days if the firm reviews the matter and notifies the trusted contact. A state regulator, agency, or court may extend the hold further. The bill defines a "specified adult" as anyone 65 or older, or anyone 18 or older the firm reasonably believes has a mental or physical impairment that leaves them unable to protect their own interests. Separately, the bill directs the SEC to report to Congress within one year with recommended regulatory and legislative changes to address exploitation of these investors, in consultation with named federal and industry bodies.
Single-subject. Every operative provision amends Section 22 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to address financial exploitation of older and impaired fund investors, plus a directly related SEC report on the same subject. No unrelated rider rides on this text.
- HR 915Jun 24, 2026CommercePassed ChamberYea
Small Business Technological Advancement Act
House vote · 414-4
Democrats208–0Republicans205–4Independents1–0What this does
This bill lets the Small Business Administration lend for technology. It amends Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act to add a new permitted use, so SBA 7(a) loans may finance business software, cloud computing services, or related technology. Covered tools include those that handle operations, product or service delivery, payroll, human resources, sales and billing, and accounting or inventory tracking. The text names business tools that use artificial intelligence as eligible. The bill does not authorize using these loans for research and development. It does not change the definition of working capital, and it does not declare that earlier 7(a) loans made for these purposes were improper.
Single-subject. The bill carries two sections: a short title and one amendment to Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act with an attached rule of construction. A yes vote authorized one thing, financing business software and technology through existing SBA loans. No unrelated rider is present in the text.