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U.S. Representative — Texas's 4th District

Pat Fallon

Republican · Texas

Republican U.S. Representative for Texas'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.9575 — Hold Vandals Accountable Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 2, 2026)
  • H.R.9123 — Espionage Prevention Act (Introduced, Jun 3, 2026)
  • H.R.8610 — Sudan Waiver Report Reduction Act (Introduced, Apr 30, 2026)
  • H.R.7283 — Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act (Introduced, Jan 30, 2026)
  • H.R.6853 — Securing Energy Supply Chains Act (Introduced, Dec 18, 2025)
  • H.R.5179 — District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 8, 2025)
    District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act This bill vests the President with the authority to appoint the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (DC) for a term that coincides with the term of office of the President. The bill provides that the appointment is not subject to…
  • H.R.3961 — To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from entering into software source code contracts with entities with certain relationships with China, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jun 12, 2025)
  • H.R.3872 — To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals. (Reported, Jun 10, 2025)
    This bill specifies that all federally acquired lands are eligible to be considered for hardrock mineral leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (MLAAL). The bill defines the term hardrock mineral to (1) include deposits of minerals found in sedimentary or other rocks, base metals…

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.8797 — Army Organic Industrial Base Mineral Partnerships Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.9351 — COMPASS Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.7846 — Halo Act (Introduced, May 12, 2026)
  • H.R.8774 — Bulletproof Law Enforcement Vehicles Act (Introduced, May 12, 2026)
  • H.R.1551 — Protect and Serve Act of 2025 (Introduced, Apr 14, 2026)
  • H.R.4620 — To amend title 18, United States Code, to include rioting in the definition of racketeering activity. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
  • H.R.4676 — Modern Firearm Safety Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
  • H.R.4474 — Equal Shot Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

Pat Fallon chairs the armed services subcommittee on military personnel, but government operations rather than defence is the largest category in what he files — oversight of how the federal government runs, more than of what it fields.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Pat Fallon's cluster into: Government Operations and Politics (10), Armed Forces and National Security (9), International Affairs (6), Immigration (5), Congress (3), Energy (3).

The filings

A reduction in Sudan waiver reporting, accountability for vandalism, an espionage prevention measure, federal purchasing efficiency, and securing energy supply chains. Procurement, reporting burden and counterintelligence are the recurring themes.

65
Bills sponsored
682
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 48 currently sit at Introduced.

Where he broke ranks

Seven of his departures press amendments across four spending and farm vehicles, nearly all of them changes the conference declined and only one adopted. Three are finished bills he voted against at passage — an animal welfare measure, higher education access for territorial students, and tribal trust land homeownership — all carried by his own party.

5.0%
Votes against the Republican majority
219
Roll calls where a party majority formed
76 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first
The 10 most recent of 11 roll calls where Pat Fallon voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
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 258		Jul 21, 2026Agreed toAye (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.8469
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 174		May 15, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 147		Apr 30, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 144		Apr 30, 2026FailedNo (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)
H.R.6472
Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 82		Mar 4, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
S.723
Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 81		Mar 4, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Below the Texas Republicans

Texas returns the largest Republican House group measured here, containing several of the chamber's most persistent dissenters. Fallon's rate falls under the group's average.

Among the 24 Republicans in the Texas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.0%. Pat Fallon is below that average at 5.0%.

Tenure and attendance

Serving since the start of this decade, he is mid-scale on tenure and rarely away from the floor.

First elected in 2021, now serving across 3 terms. Pat Fallon falls in the mid cohort.

0.5%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
1
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Pat Fallon has 65 bills sponsored, 682 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Armed Services
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  • House Committee on Armed Services: Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
  • House Committee on Armed Services: Military Personnel (Chairman)
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Delivering on Government Efficiency
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Open Source Intelligence

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