Former U.S. Representative

Garret GravesNo longer serving

District LA‑6 Party Republican In office 2015–2025

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

673

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

5,525

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

265

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

84 bills introduced

Across 5 Congresses, most in the 118th at 26. In the 118th, 26 — 2 more than the median representative, who filed 24. Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every member, never get a vote.

Bills introduced, against the typical representative 114th to 118th

median for the chamber, that Congress

Biography

A Representative from Louisiana. Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, January 31, 1972. Graduated from Catholic High School, Baton Rouge, La. , 1990. Attended the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Attended Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, La. Attended American University, Washington, D. C. Staff, United States Senator John Breaux of Louisiana. Staff, United States Representative Billy Tauzin of Louisiana. Staff, United States Senator David Vitter of Louisiana. Staff, United States Senate Committee on Commerce. Staff, United States Senate Committee on Science and Transportation. Staff, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Appointed to National Resource Damage Assessment, Gulf Coast. Chairman, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana. Vice chairman of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, United States Environmental Protection Agency. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-January 3, 2025). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in 2024.

Focus

Drawn from the 84 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 84.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 10545	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Dec 20, 2024
HR 10515	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Dec 19, 2024
S 759	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Dec 18, 2024
HR 8663	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments	Yea	Dec 18, 2024
S 3857	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Dec 18, 2024
S 1351	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Dec 18, 2024
HR 1101	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Dec 17, 2024
S 3448	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Dec 17, 2024

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 82	Social Security Fairness Act of 2023	Became Public Law No: 118-273.	Jan 5, 2025
HR 3356	Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 761.	Dec 19, 2024
HR 5840	Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act of 2024	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 725.	Dec 17, 2024
HR 4165	United States-Russian Federation Seafood Reciprocity Act of 2023	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	Dec 17, 2024
HRES 1611	Providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Dec 9, 2024
HR 8728	State-Managed Disaster Relief Act	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 667.	Dec 5, 2024
HR 6083	Duplications of Benefits Victims Relief Act	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 661.	Dec 5, 2024
HR 1500	Intelligent Transportation Integration Act	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 638.	Nov 26, 2024

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HJRES 44	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'".	Message on Senate action sent to the House.	Mar 17, 2023
HR 1	Lower Energy Costs Act	The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1.	Mar 17, 2023
HR 1605	Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2023	Motion to Report Measure Defeated by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 32.	Mar 14, 2023
HRES 230	Recognizing the contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to the lives of the people of the United States.	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.	Mar 14, 2023
HR 1466	Safe RESEARCH Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Mar 8, 2023
HR 1181	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permitting terms, and for other purposes.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.	Mar 7, 2023
HRES 144	Recognizing and celebrating the 70th anniversary of the 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.	Mar 7, 2023
HJRES 39	Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414".	The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.	Mar 7, 2023

Sections of the Congressional Record in which this member spoke or entered a written statement, as the Government Publishing Office tags them; floor business such as amendment texts is left out. Each links to the official Record.

Date	Record section	Where
Dec 18, 2024	Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act of 2024	House floor
Dec 17, 2024	Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2024	House floor
Dec 11, 2024	Single, Unique Zip Codes for Certain Communities	House floor
Dec 10, 2024	Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024	House floor
Dec 9, 2024	Providing for the Printing of a Revised Edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress	House floor
Dec 9, 2024	Amtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure Act	House floor
Dec 9, 2024	Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2024	House floor
Dec 9, 2024	Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act	House floor

Committees

Current committees first, each with its role and years, and the subcommittees held now beneath it. Full history opens every role with its date and official record, and earlier subcommittee seats.

Earlier committees

Natural Resources CommitteeMember2015–2025

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Natural Resources Committee	Member	Jan 13, 2015 to Jan 3, 2025	H.Res. 29 · End of the 118th Congress
Energy and Mineral Resources	Member	Listed Dec 2015 to Oct 2022	Congressional Directory, Feb 2016
Water, Oceans, and Wildlife	Member	Listed Dec 2015 to Oct 2022	Congressional Directory, Feb 2016

Transportation and Infrastructure CommitteeMember2015–2025

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Member	Jan 13, 2015 to Jan 3, 2025	H.Res. 29 · End of the 118th Congress
Aviation	Chair	Listed Feb 2019 to Dec 2024	Hearing, Feb 2019
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management	Member	Listed May 2023 to Nov 2024	Hearing, May 2023
Water Resources and Environment	Member	Listed Mar 2015 to Oct 2022	Hearing, Mar 2015
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation	Member	Listed Feb 2015 to Nov 2018	Hearing, Feb 2015
Highways and Transit	Member	Listed Apr 2015 to Sep 2018	Hearing, Apr 2015

Office spending

What this member's House office spent each year from its allowance, including interns, from the House's quarterly Statement of Disbursements. Beside it, the typical office: the median across every member that year.

Year	Total	Staff pay	Travel	Rent and utilities	Mail	Printing	Other	Typical office
2024	$1.9 million	$1.5 million	$85,556	$91,843	$69,406	$95,016	$58,832	$1.9 million
2023	$1.7 million	$1.4 million	$83,084	$91,274	$28,759	$5,578	$75,195	$1.9 million
2022	$1.6 million	$1.1 million	$81,717	$48,538	$178,266	$46,294	$146,761	$1.7 million
2021	$1.4 million	$1.0 million	$72,218	$127,727	$26,005	$38,853	$72,038	$1.5 million
2020	$1.2 million	$957,338	$39,838	$69,285	$16,247	$59,550	$97,585	$1.4 million
2019	$1.3 million	$918,784	$71,760	$107,410	$1,263	$1,570	$156,624	$1.4 million
2018	$1.3 million	$998,851	$68,229	$83,556	$65,033	$14,193	$94,965	$1.3 million
2017	$1.3 million	$936,257	$60,564	$94,315	$26,660	$53,434	$112,863	$1.3 million
2016	$1.3 million	$832,393	$56,927	$103,015	$153,204	$93,917	$45,557	$1.2 million

Years run from January 3. Bills for a year are often paid early the next year, so a recent year can still grow. Staff pay is the office's total; individual salaries are not shown here.

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.