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U.S. Representative — North Carolina's 13th District

Brad Knott

Republican · North Carolina

Republican U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (5 on record)

  • H.R.9653 — Limiting Excessive Government Obstruction Act (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
  • H.R.8267 — SAFER Transport Act (Introduced, Apr 14, 2026)
  • H.R.6267 — Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025 (Introduced, Nov 21, 2025)
    Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025 This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the impediments to the use of digital documentation and verification in the aviation supply chain as an aid in identifying falsified documentation and counterfeit…
  • H.R.4070 — Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act (Introduced, Jun 23, 2025)
    Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a border threat assessment and strategic plan regarding Tren de Aragua and other transnational criminal organizations. (Tren de Aragua is a gang that originated in Venezuela.)…
  • H.R.3242 — Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 7, 2025)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.2705 — Nuclear Family Priority Act (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
  • H.R.7230 — Buying American Cotton Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
  • H.R.1502 — North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
  • H.R.8611 — Logan's Law (Introduced, Jun 2, 2026)
  • H.R.5269 — RESULTS Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.425 — Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
  • H.R.1628 — 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Apr 16, 2026)
  • H.R.3132 — CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025 (Reported, Mar 27, 2026)

Voting analysis

Brad Knott has one of the shortest filing records on this site — five bills, spread across three classified subjects with one item each. There is not enough material here to describe a specialism, and the honest reading is that a first term has not yet produced one.

5
Bills sponsored
77
Bills cosponsored

Of all 5, 5 currently sit at Introduced.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Brad Knott's cluster into: Government Operations and Politics (1), Immigration (1), Transportation and Public Works (1).

What the five do show is a border and transport axis: aviation supply chain security, safer transport, a threat assessment naming a specific criminal organisation, and punishment for immigrant felons. The fifth would limit government obstruction.

A no on fallen servicemembers

Among his departures is a vote against a religious heritage restoration for fallen servicemembers — a measure that appears elsewhere on this site as a crossing by Democrats, supported almost universally. A Republican voting it down is uncommon, and the record supplies no reason.

The rest follow the pattern this stretch of the ranking keeps producing. Amendment votes seeking changes leadership did not want, and then noes on measures the conference carried anyway — a marine conservation reauthorisation, a water stewardship act, the fuel retailing bill and one more.

5.6%
Votes against the Republican majority
213
Roll calls where a party majority formed
67 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first
The 10 most recent of 12 roll calls where Brad Knott voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 276		Jul 22, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 263		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 257		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 255		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.2860
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 196		Jun 3, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 147		Apr 30, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
S.1318
Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
On Passage · roll call 142		Apr 29, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.6422
American Water Stewardship Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 97		Mar 24, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.4294
MAWS Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 88		Mar 17, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Above the North Carolina Republicans

His rate clears the state group's average, and he carries no gavel.

Among the 10 Republicans in the North Carolina delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.8%. Brad Knott is above that average at 5.6%.

Tenure and attendance

First term, with a modest number of absences.

First elected in 2025, now serving across 1 terms. Brad Knott falls in the freshman cohort.

2.7%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
6
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Brad Knott has 5 bills sponsored, 77 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Ethics
  • House Committee on Homeland Security
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Committee on Homeland Security: Border Security and Enforcement
  • House Committee on Homeland Security: Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability
  • House Committee on the Judiciary: Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
  • House Committee on the Judiciary: Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Aviation
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Highways and Transit
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Water Resources and Environment

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