Rep. Jim Matheson
Former Representative for Utah’s 4th District
![Photo of Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT4, 2013-2014]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400255-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2014 Report Card for Matheson.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Matheson is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 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 Matheson sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 11, 2014. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Matheson was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 818 (112th): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District.
- H.R. 1442 (111th): To provide for the sale of the Federal Government’s reversionary interest in approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to the Mount …
- H.R. 1275 (111th): Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009
- H.R. 337 (111th): To provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value.
- H.R. 338 (111th): Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2009
Does 5 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
Matheson sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Commerce (32%) Health (26%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (16%) Native Americans (16%) Environmental Protection (11%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Matheson recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5823 (113th): Incentivizing Healthcare Quality Outcomes Act of 2014
- H.R. 4290 (113th): Wakefield Act of 2014
- H.R. 4023 (113th): Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014
- H.R. 3245 (113th): Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction Act
- H.R. 2948 (113th): Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2013
- H.R. 2862 (113th): Freedom to Invest Act of 2013
- H.R. 2808 (113th): Wasatch Wilderness and Watershed Protection Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2001 to Dec 2014, Matheson missed 95 of 9,772 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2014. 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
