Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott
Representative for Virginia’s 3rd District
pronounced RAH-bert // skot
![Photo of Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott [D-VA3]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400364-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Scott proposed $33 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $5 million to City of Norfolk for “Freemason St. Bridge Construction”
- $5 million to City of Portsmouth for “Race Street and Douglas Avenue Pump Station Upgrades”
- $4 million to Norfolk District - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for “Elizabeth River & Southern Branch Preliminary Engineering & Design Funding”
View all requests and justifications on Scott’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
Scott 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 Scott has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Aug 20, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Robert “Bobby” Scott sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Scott was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 8166 (117th): Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.R. 8150 (117th): Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022
- H.R. 5262 (117th): Enhancing Military Base Resilience And Conserving Ecosystems through Stormwater Management Act
- H.J.Res. 33 (117th): Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating to “Update of …
- H.R. 5800 (116th): Ban Surprise Billing Act
- H.R. 4967 (116th): Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Act of 2019
- H.R. 934 (116th): Health Benefits for Miners Act of 2019
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
Scott sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Labor and Employment (49%) Education (18%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (10%) Health (6%) Agriculture and Food (6%) Families (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Scott recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9137: To safeguard the rights of workers and protect children by responsibly increasing civil …
- H.R. 8907: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2024
- H.R. 7522: To amend the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act to reauthorize the Chesapeake WILD program.
- H.R. 6581: Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2023
- H.R. 5511: Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2023
- H.R. 5049: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2023
- H.R. 4889: Raise the Wage Act of 2023
View All » | View Cosponsors »
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1993 to Jul 2024, Scott missed 282 of 20,246 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. 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
