Rep. Adam Schiff
Representative for California’s 30th District
pronounced A-dum // shif
Schiff is the representative for California’s 30th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Schiff is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 64 years old.
He was previously the representative for California’s 28th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022; the representative for California’s 29th congressional district as a Democrat from 2003 to 2012; and the representative for California’s 27th congressional district as a Democrat from 2001 to 2002.
![Photo of Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA30]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400361-200px.jpeg)
Misconduct
Schiff was censured by the House of Representatives 213-209 on June 21, 2023 for various statements and misstatements he made between 2017-2019 related to President Trump and Trump's presidential campaign. The misstatements include Schiff's reading of parts of the discredited Steele Dossier into the Congressional Record and claims of not having had contact with the whistleblower in the impeachment of Trump for withholding of aid to Ukraine in exchange for political favors. The censure resolution itself contains misstatements including denying that the 2016 Trump Campaign attempted to coordinate with Russia.
Jun. 21, 2023 | House of Representatives censured 213-209 |
Earmarks
Schiff proposed $23 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $5 million to City of Los Angeles — Council District 4 for “Renewing Griffith Park”
- $3.0 million to City of Los Angeles for “Gower Street Apartments Improvements”
- $2.8 million to Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles for “Permanent Supportive Housing Outdoor Recreation and Accessibility Improvements”
View all requests and justifications on Schiff’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Schiff is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Schiff has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Aug 20, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Adam Schiff sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Schiff was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 3356 (117th): HAVANA Act of 2021
- H.R. 3494 (116th): Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020
- H.R. 6014 (112th): Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2012
- H.R. 1975 (112th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 281 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, as the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office …
- H.R. 3714 (111th): Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009
- H.R. 730 (111th): Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act
- H.R. 3133 (111th): Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act of 2009
Does 13 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Schiff sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (19%) Health (15%) Crime and Law Enforcement (13%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Education (12%) Taxation (11%) Housing and Community Development (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Schiff recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9319: To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study, …
- H.R. 9229: To provide free post office boxes to individuals who are unhoused or experiencing …
- H.R. 9108: Judicial FOIA Expansion Act
- H.R. 8990: ATF DATA Act
- H.R. 8991: Firearm Destruction Licensure Act of 2024
- H.R. 8739: Language Access for Workers Act
- H.R. 8697: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a demonstration …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2001 to Jul 2024, Schiff missed 192 of 15,383 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is better than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills