Official portrait of Scott DesJarlais
U.S. House · Tennessee, District 4

Scott DesJarlais

RRepublicanIn this seat since January 5, 2011Term ends January 3, 2027This seat is on the ballot November 3, 2026.

Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, DesJarlais has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.

57 Yes · 0 No · 3 Did not vote
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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 DesJarlais is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. DesJarlais 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.

DesJarlais 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 defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.

On funding the government, DesJarlais votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law; the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown; the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies; and the September 2026 funding extension.

Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. DesJarlais votes to cancel 24 and against cancelling 0. The rules DesJarlais votes to cancel come from: Interior: Bureau of Land Management (7), Environmental Protection Agency (6), 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).

DesJarlais votes the same way as most House Republicans on all 57 of these Yes and No votes.

DesJarlais did not vote on the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, the Local Access to Courts Act and the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act.

Votes on laws that passed

Public Law 119-110 · Signed September 16, 2026Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act

Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.

House 376–8Senate: without objectionDid not vote
Public Law 119-109 · Signed September 16, 2026Local Access to Courts Act

Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.

House 378–10Senate: without objectionDid not vote
Public Law 119-83 · Signed April 13, 2026Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act

Renews the federal programs that set aside research money for small businesses.

House 345–41Senate: voice voteDid not vote

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Votes on a resolution that passed a law

Public Law 119-28 · Signed July 24, 2025Rescissions Act of 2025

Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.

House adopted H.Res. 590, 216–213Senate 51–48Votes Yes on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed this law in the House

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 1 law.

From the official record

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From this member’s press releases

From a secondary source

These 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.

1 excerpt

  1. DESJARLAIS CELEBRATES HOUSE PASSAGE OF ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL

    “(WASHINGTON, D.C.) –Congressman Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-04) released the following statement praising passage of H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

    Named by: law name · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint f0eea88f32f4804b

Member-requested spending

Confirmed from the official record

Congress printed 6 spending items this member requested, $15,106,000 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.

RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
Erlanger Bledsoe HospitalPublic Law 119-37Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Rural Housing Service ProjectRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities ProgramTN$1,500,000
Middle Tennessee State UniversityPublic Law 119-74Middle Tennessee State University Scientific and Technical Research ProjectDOC · NIST--STR SNone printed$4,000,000
Middle Tennessee State UniversityPublic Law 119-74Middle Tennessee State University Scientific and Technical Research ProjectDOC · NIST--STR SNone printed$4,000,000
Middle Tennessee State UniversityPublic Law 119-75Transportation Infrastructure ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundTN$1,500,000
Bledsoe CountyPublic Law 119-75Rigsby Elementary School UpgradesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundTN$1,500,000
Lawrence County Office of Emergency ManagementPublic Law 119-86Lawrence County EOCFEMA · Federal Assistance-EOCTN$2,606,000

1 row here has 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

No advertiser in the ad libraries we read is tied to this member by an FEC number or an exact name.

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, DesJarlais's campaign reports receiving $536,842.93 and reports spending $407,735.16, as of July 17, 2026.

Confirmed from the official record
What the filing reports2026 cycleFEC number H0TN04195as of July 17, 20262024 cycleFEC number H0TN04195as of December 31, 2024
Money raised (total receipts)$536,842.93$305,905.38
Money spent (total disbursements)$407,735.16$255,949.65
Cash on hand (at the end of the period)$495,126.13$366,018.36
Debts (owed by the committee)$0.00$0.00

Where it comes from

Reported as received from2026 cycleFEC number H0TN04195as of July 17, 20262024 cycleFEC number H0TN04195as of December 31, 2024
Individuals, itemized$227,335.00$148,910.00
Individuals, unitemized$1,451.80$3,194.88
Other political committees$307,000.00$153,600.00
Party committees$0.00$0.00
The candidate, contributions$0.00$0.00
The candidate, loans$0.00$0.00

Committees

Every figure is copied from the Federal Election Commission. The campaign's committee reports each one.

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Where this comes from

We saved our own copy of each official House vote file listed here before writing this page. A code beside a file is its fingerprint, a short code that changes if the file's contents change.

Official portraitCongress.gov member directory · saved October 5, 2026 · Image courtesy of the Member
46c98fdf046a03b6Confirmed from the official record
House roll call 308 of 2026 (Russia and Iran sanctions law)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
Confirmed from the official record
House roll call 284 of 2026 (Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
Confirmed from the official record
House roll call 285 of 2026 (Local Access to Courts Act)clerk.house.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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