Former U.S. Representative

Robert A. UnderwoodNo longer serving

State GU Party Democratic In office 1993–2003

Fact sheet

Cosponsored

283

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

403

Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside

Their work

Drawn from the 11 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 11.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Biography

A Delegate from Guam. Born in Tamuning, Guam, July 13, 1948. Graduated from John F. Kennedy High School, Tamuning, Guam, 1965. B. A. , California State University, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1969, M. A. , California State University, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1971. Ed. D. , University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1987. Teacher. Instructor and director, bilingual bicultural training program, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, 1976-1981. Faculty, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, 1981-1983. Director, bilingual education assistance for Micronesia, 1983-1988. Administrator, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, 1988-1992. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Guam. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.

Votes

How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
S 455	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Oct 7, 1994
S 455	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Oct 7, 1994
HJRES 416	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Oct 6, 1994
HJRES 416	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Oct 6, 1994
HJRES 416	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Oct 6, 1994
HR 5044	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Oct 5, 1994
HR 5044	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Oct 5, 1994
HR 4683	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Not Voting	Sep 29, 1994

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions this member introduced.

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 308	Guam War Claims Review Commission Act	Became Public Law No: 107-333.	Dec 16, 2002
HR 2826	To increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 461.	Oct 11, 2002
HR 4825	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.	Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.	Oct 3, 2002
HR 309	Guam Foreign Investment Equity Act	Became Public Law No: 107-212.	Aug 21, 2002
HR 521	To amend the Organic Act of Guam for the purposes of clarifying the local judicial structure of Guam.	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 350.	Jul 17, 2002
HR 3128	To authorize the establishment of a National Guard of the Northern Mariana Islands.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.	Jan 28, 2002
HCONRES 130	Authorizing printing of the book entitled "Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress".	Message on Senate action sent to the House.	Nov 13, 2001
HR 3157	Rediscover America Act of 2001	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.	Oct 29, 2001

Cosponsored bills

Bills introduced by others that this member signed on to.

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HJRES 125	Posthumously proclaiming soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary citizens of the United States.	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	Nov 14, 2002
HRES 612	Honoring the life of Dr. Roberto Cruz.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Nov 13, 2002
HR 5595	To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish and appoint the members of a Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee in accordance with a Department of Commerce document.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.	Oct 9, 2002
HRES 576	Honoring the life of Dr. Roberto Cruz.	Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.	Oct 9, 2002
HR 5535	Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex Expansion and Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.	Oct 2, 2002
HR 5469	Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002	Became Public Law No: 107-321.	Oct 1, 2002
HR 5482	Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Sep 26, 2002
HR 5285	Internet Radio Fairness Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.	Sep 24, 2002

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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 seats are held for the current Congress only, which is why they are shown for sitting members and left out for everyone else rather than reported as zero. 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.