Tim Burchett
Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Burchett has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.
The tally counts votes on passage. 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law is listed apart.
This record covers laws that passed. Votes on bills that did not become law are not included yet.
The record in plain language
Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Burchett is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Burchett votes Yes on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Burchett votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the Epstein Files Transparency Act; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
On funding the government, Burchett votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.
Burchett votes No on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026 and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Burchett votes to cancel 21 and against cancelling 0, and did not vote on 3. The rules Burchett votes to cancel come from: Environmental Protection Agency (6), Interior: Bureau of Land Management (4), Energy (4), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2), District of Columbia government (1), Treasury: Comptroller of the Currency (1), Interior: National Park Service (1), Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).
On all 45 Yes votes Burchett votes the same way as most House Republicans. On all 11 No votes Burchett votes differently from most of them.
Burchett did not vote on the law that cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development; the law that cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased; the law that cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area; and the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act.
Votes on laws that passed
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.
Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.
Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.
Lets farmers and ranchers get emergency conservation money up front after a disaster, instead of paying first and waiting for reimbursement.
A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.
Allows phone emergency alerts to be sent when a shark attack happens nearby.
Protects Alaska Native artists' right to make and sell handicrafts from walrus ivory and other marine mammal materials.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
Authorizes a major VA medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri.
Gives certain licensed hydropower projects more time to start construction.
Sets deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgage paperwork for homes and businesses on tribal land.
Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.
Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.
Renews the federal programs that set aside research money for small businesses.
Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.
Renews the Congressional Award program, which recognizes young people for service and achievement.
When the IRS postpones a tax deadline after a disaster, the time allowed to claim a refund is now extended to match.
Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.
Protects 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site as land owned by the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes.
The annual defense policy law.
Restores federal payments to rural counties with national forest land, which pay for schools and roads.
Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.
Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.
Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.
Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.
Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Renews federal programs for preventing and treating opioid addiction and supporting recovery.
Raises the special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.
Requires the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein in a searchable form within 30 days.
Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.
Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for Jocelyn Nungaray.
Lets the IRS push back tax deadlines for people in areas where a governor has declared a disaster, without waiting for a federal declaration.
Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).
Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.
Renames the Salem Maritime site in Massachusetts a National Historical Park and orders a study of expanding its boundary.
Changes the rule that required Alaska Native village corporations to hand land to the State of Alaska to be kept for future cities.
Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.
Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.
Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.
Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Makes it a federal crime to publish intimate images of a person without consent, including AI-generated ones, and requires online platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a victim's request.
Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.
Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.
Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.
Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.
Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.
Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.
Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.
What this member says about laws and orders
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases. Together they name 3 laws and 6 executive orders.
From the official record
Statements from the official record: Not checked yet. A statement appears here after a person reviews our account of the law or order it is about.
From this member’s press releases
From a secondary sourceThese are excerpts from press releases on this member’s official website that name a law or an executive order. We save a copy of each one.
10 excerpts
- Ending Crime and Disorder on America's StreetsNovember 20, 2025
Rep. Burchett Introduces Three New Crime Bills
“The Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets Act codifies President Trump’s Executive Order 14321 and aims to address the growing crisis of homelessness and vagrancy by helping states implement stricter enforcement and better treatment options.”
- Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect AmericansNovember 20, 2025
Rep. Burchett Introduces Three New Crime Bills
“The End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans Act codifies President Trump’s Executive Order 14342 by prohibiting funding to states and localities that use cashless bail. Funding may be reinstated only after the U.S. Attorney General determines that the state or locality has stopped using cashless bail systems.”
- Making Federal Architecture Beautiful AgainSeptember 26, 2025
Rep. Burchett Codifies Another President Trump Executive Order
“This legislation codifies President Trump’s Executive Order No. 14344, which encourages the use of classical and traditional architecture in Federal public buildings that cost over $50 million.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJuly 3, 2025
Rep. Burchett Statement on the Passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"
“Washington, D.C. (July 3, 2025) – Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett voted YES on the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The reconciliation bill advances President Trump’s agenda by renewing the President’s tax cuts, securing our border, modernizing aviation, all while including the largest mandatory spending cut in history.”
- Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased MediaJune 3, 2025
Rep. Burchett Introduces THREE Bills Codifying President Trump's Executive Orders
“Executive Order 14290 codifies President Trump’s directive to end the taxpayer subsidization of biased media. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board shall cease direct funding to National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).”
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Rep. Burchett Introduces THREE Bills Codifying President Trump's Executive Orders
“Executive Order 14292 improves the safety and security of biological research. Dangerous gain-of-function research on biological agents and pathogens endangers the lives of American citizens.”
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Rep. Burchett Introduces THREE Bills Codifying President Trump's Executive Orders
“Executive Order 14293 provides regulatory relief to promote domestic production of critical medicines.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActMay 22, 2025
Rep. Burchett Votes YES on the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"
“Washington, D.C. (May 22nd, 2025) -- Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett voted YES on the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The reconciliation bill advances President Trump’s agenda by renewing the President’s tax cuts, unleashing American energy, investing in border security, all while including the largest mandatory spending cut in history.”
- Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025March 12, 2025
Congressman Burchett votes in favor of stopgap funding bill
“Full text of H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 can be found here.”
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Congressman Burchett votes in favor of stopgap funding bill
“Full text of H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 can be found here.”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 11 spending items this member requested, $17,100,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tennessee | Public Law 119-74 | Flexible Neutron SourceDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $4,200,000 |
| Maryville College | Public Law 119-74 | Maryville College: Undergraduate Mass Spectrometry Research ProgramDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,050,000 |
| Knoxville Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Tennessee ICAC Child Exploitation Investigation Support ProjectDOJ · OJP--Byrn e | None printed | $675,000 |
| Knoxville Leadership Foundation | Public Law 119-74 | Workforce Trades Center CompletionDOJ · OJP--Byrn e | None printed | $750,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e TN Knoxville Util Wastewater TrEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $750,000 |
| University of Tennessee | Public Law 119-74 | Flexible Neutron SourceDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $4,200,000 |
| Maryville College | Public Law 119-74 | Maryville College: Undergraduate Mass Spectrometry Research ProgramDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,050,000 |
| Knoxville Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Tennessee ICAC Child Exploitation Investigation Support ProjectDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $675,000 |
| Knoxville Leadership Foundation | Public Law 119-74 | Workforce Trades Center CompletionDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $750,000 |
| TN | Public Law 119-75 | Loudon Co I-75 Widening from Exit 81 to I-40Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | TN | $1,000,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| Knox County | Public Law 119-75 | Veterans HousingDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | TN | $2,000,000 |
4 rows here have the same law, recipient, purpose and amount as another row. The Congressional Record may print one item more than once. The count and the total include each row.
Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.
Online ads
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BURCHETT FOR CONGRESS Google Ads Transparency Center
Evidence for the tie: The library lists FEC committee number C00652149 for this advertiser, and the FEC committee file names this member as that committee’s candidate.
The library lists 5 ads by this advertiser since January 3, 2025.
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Read from Google Ads Transparency Center, its data file of October 6, 2026. Meta Ad Library: Not started. An ad counts when the library last shows it on or after January 3, 2025.
Campaign money
For the 2026 election cycle, Burchett's campaign reports receiving $2,428,734.15 and reports spending $2,189,477.40, as of July 17, 2026.
Confirmed from the official record| What the filing reports | 2026 cycleFEC number H8TN02119as of July 17, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H8TN02119as of December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Money raised (total receipts) | $2,428,734.15 | $1,238,069.79 |
| Money spent (total disbursements) | $2,189,477.40 | $1,336,137.46 |
| Cash on hand (at the end of the period) | $967,446.83 | $728,190.08 |
| Debts (owed by the committee) | $23,686.61 | $1,451.94 |
Where it comes from
| Reported as received from | 2026 cycleFEC number H8TN02119as of July 17, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H8TN02119as of December 31, 2024 |
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| Individuals, itemized | $871,910.18 | $786,087.70 |
| Individuals, unitemized | $1,377,488.95 | $287,186.41 |
| Other political committees | $141,525.26 | $138,816.80 |
| Party committees | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, contributions | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, loans | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Committees
- BURCHETT FOR CONGRESS Principal campaign committee · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00652149
- VOLUNTEER ISSUES PAC INC Leadership PAC · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00704411
Every figure is copied from the Federal Election Commission. The campaign's committee reports each one.
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