U.S. Representative — Arkansas's 4th District
Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas
Republican U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9250 — Great American Outdoors Act 250 (Reported, Jun 10, 2026)
- H.R.8840 — Fair Care Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- H.R.7081 — Sara’s Law and the Preventing Unfair Sentencing Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jan 14, 2026)
- H.R.4776 — SPEED Act (Introduced, Jul 25, 2025)
Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act or the SPEED Act This bill limits the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and modifies the environmental review of major federal actions under NEPA to generally limit the number of federal actions that trigger… - H.R.1897 — ESA Amendments Act of 2025 (Reported, Mar 6, 2025)
ESA Amendments Act of 2025 This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 the Endangered Species Act and generally narrows protections provided under the act. The bill directs the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to submit a National Listing Work Plan that establishes a… - H.R.1275 — Focus on Learning Act (Introduced, Feb 12, 2025)
Focus on Learning Act This bill requires certain federal actions to address the use of mobile devices in elementary and secondary schools. First, the bill directs the Office of the Surgeon General, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to study and report on the use… - H.R.471 — Fix Our Forests Act (Introduced, Jan 16, 2025)
Fix Our Forests Act This bill establishes requirements for managing forests on federal land, including requirements concerning reducing wildfire threats, expediting the review of certain forest management projects, and implementing forest management projects and other activities. Specifically, the… - H.R.10409 — Fair Care Act of 2024 (Introduced, Dec 12, 2024)
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 Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.1502 — North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.9827 — Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.9706 — Facial Recognition to Protect Children Act (Introduced, Jul 15, 2026)
- H.R.3164 — Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (Reported, Jun 3, 2026)
- H.R.8791 — IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act (Introduced, Jun 2, 2026)
- H.R.3469 — Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act (Introduced, May 13, 2026)
- H.R.4382 — America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act (Introduced, May 11, 2026)
- H.R.7230 — Buying American Cotton Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 28, 2026)
Voting analysis
Bruce Westerman chairs Natural Resources and one of his filings would amend the Endangered Species Act. The Californian who leads the minority on that same committee also has a page here, and four of his five bills are wilderness designations and trail studies. Same committee, same seniority tier, and the two filing lists describe entirely different ideas of what the jurisdiction is for — one designating land, the other reworking the statute that constrains what happens on it.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 45 currently sit at Introduced.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Bruce Westerman's cluster into: Public Lands and Natural Resources (11), Crime and Law Enforcement (7), Health (7), Armed Forces and National Security (5), Environmental Protection (5), Energy (3).
Public lands do lead his classified subjects, as they lead his counterpart's. Agreement on the subject and disagreement on everything else is the ordinary condition of a committee.
The other filings
An outdoors act named for an anniversary. A health care measure. A speed act. And a sentencing bill carrying a personal name alongside a broader title about unfair sentencing — the pairing of a named case with a general reform is how a specific injustice becomes a category.
Where he broke ranks
Two amendment votes, one carried and one lost. Then two completed measures he opposed and his conference passed: a daylight saving act and the fuel retailing bill.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 258 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.139 Sunshine Protection Act On Passage · roll call 238 | Jul 14, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.8469 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 174 | May 15, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.1346 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act On Passage · roll call 164 | May 13, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
Below the Arkansas Republicans
Arkansas's four House Republicans average a higher rate than he does individually.
Among the 4 Republicans in the Arkansas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 2.8%. Bruce Westerman is below that average at 1.8%.
Tenure and attendance
He is in his sixth term, having arrived mid-way through the last decade, and his absences are almost nil.
First elected in 2015, now serving across 6 terms. Bruce Westerman falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Bruce Westerman has 93 bills sponsored, 1157 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Natural Resources (Chair)
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Highways and Transit
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Water Resources and Environment
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