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U.S. Representative — Louisiana's 3rd District

Clay Higgins

Republican · Louisiana

Republican U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9781 — Defend American Agriculture Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.9725 — Restoring Integrity and Efficiency to Inspector General Oversight Act of 2026 (Reported, Jul 16, 2026)
  • H.R.9643 — Comment Integrity and Management Act (Reported, Jul 13, 2026)
  • H.R.9115 — To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jun 3, 2026)
  • H.R.8656 — Ballistic Armor Made in America Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 4, 2026)
  • H.R.8512 — To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through April 20, 2029, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Apr 27, 2026)
  • H.R.8131 — To authorize the creation of a service ribbon to be awarded to a member of the National Guard who performs homeland defense duty. (Introduced, Mar 27, 2026)
  • H.R.7996 — Linemen Legacy Act (Introduced, Mar 19, 2026)

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.9979 — To prohibit discrimination against firearms shippers or transporters by common carriers and contract carriers, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • H.R.9701 — Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act. (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9720 — D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act (Reported, Jul 16, 2026)
  • H.R.9103 — Merit Restoration Act (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
  • H.R.8680 — Armed Forces Carry Rights Protection Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.8855 — To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish nationwide concealed carry reciprocity for certain members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.8542 — Offshore Parity Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 28, 2026)
  • H.R.4668 — End the Vaccine Carveout Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

Clay Higgins chairs the oversight subcommittee on federal law enforcement, and sits well inside the most frequently defecting quarter of House Republicans.

10.8%
Votes against the Republican majority
212
Roll calls where a party majority formed
25 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first

Voting against what passes

The larger half of his record is a run of votes against bills that his own conference carried to passage — housing, an emergency conservation programme, a marine conservation reauthorisation, an arts measure, a banking access bill, and a resolution concurring in a Senate amendment. These are not narrow ideological fights. They are the ordinary bipartisan output of a working chamber, and he declined nearly all of it.

The remainder is amendment votes on two defence and spending vehicles, where he pushed in both directions and lost each time. A member whose defections concentrate at final passage rather than during amendment is objecting to outcomes rather than to drafting.

The 10 most recent of 23 roll calls where Clay Higgins voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 274		Jul 22, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 264		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 255		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 241		Jul 15, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.6644
Housing for the 21st Century Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in Senate Adt to House Adt to Senate Adt · roll call 224		Jun 23, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
S.629
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 223		Jun 23, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
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)
S.254
ARTIST Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 193		Jun 3, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.4544
American Access to Banking Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 178		May 20, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.Res.1299
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree · roll call 176		May 20, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Above the Louisiana Republicans

Louisiana's House Republicans are a small group, and Higgins is the one pulling their internal average upward.

Among the 4 Republicans in the Louisiana delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.7%. Clay Higgins is above that average at 10.8%.

What he legislates on

The two largest subjects in his filings are crime and immigration, tied, which the law enforcement gavel accounts for. His bills include defence of American agriculture, a customs workload staffing model, domestically made ballistic armour, an extension of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, and a restoration of inspector general oversight.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Clay Higgins's cluster into: Crime and Law Enforcement (6), Immigration (6), Armed Forces and National Security (5), Government Operations and Politics (5), Emergency Management (4), Agriculture and Food (3).

163
Bills sponsored
1084
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 46 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure and attendance

Elected in the last decade's later years, he holds a middle-band tenure. His absences are modest.

First elected in 2017, now serving across 5 terms. Clay Higgins falls in the mid cohort.

3.6%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
8
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Clay Higgins has 163 bills sponsored, 1084 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Armed Services
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021
  • House Committee on Armed Services: Readiness
  • House Committee on Armed Services: Seapower and Projection Forces
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Federal Law Enforcement (Chairman)

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