U.S. Representative — Florida's 16th District
Vern Buchanan
Republican · Florida
Republican U.S. Representative for Florida's 16th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9501 — AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026 (Reported, Jun 29, 2026)
AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026 This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to establish a pilot program to use artificial intelligence to identify inaccurate federal tax returns. Upon completion of the pilot program, the Government Accountability Office must submit a report to Congress describing… - H.R.8959 — Semiconductor Superiority Act (Introduced, May 21, 2026)
- H.R.7786 — AI Fraud Accountability Act (Introduced, Mar 4, 2026)
- H.R.6513 — MINKS are Superspreaders Act (Introduced, Dec 9, 2025)
- H.R.6514 — Protecting Animals in Military Training Act (Introduced, Dec 9, 2025)
- H.R.6130 — ASAP Act (Introduced, Nov 19, 2025)
- H.R.6051 — To Inform Families First Act of 2025 (Introduced, Nov 17, 2025)
- H.R.5347 — Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act (Introduced, Sep 15, 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 Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.9590 — SAFE for Manatees Act (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- H.R.8911 — AVERT Future Violence Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
- H.J.Res.111 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Barred Owl Management Strategy". (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4638 — Federal Working Animal Protection Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4752 — Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.1192 — To ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4699 — BIKE Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.425 — Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)
Voting analysis
Vern Buchanan chairs the Ways and Means health subcommittee and holds a seat on the Joint Committee on Taxation, a standing panel drawn from both chambers with a small membership. He is also away from the floor more often than the large majority of representatives.
That figure records attendance and nothing further. Its consequence for the rest of this page is arithmetic: everything below is measured over the votes he was present for.
Amendments, and both answers
Every departure on his record is an amendment vote. Not one is a bill at final passage. On two separate measures he took opposite sides within the same bill — opposing an amendment his conference supported, then supporting a later amendment it opposed. A member who does that is not drifting away from his party. He is arguing about the text.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 261 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 258 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 245 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 242 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 149 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 148 | Apr 30, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| S.2503 ROTOR Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 72 | Feb 24, 2026 | Failed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7148 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 44 | Jan 22, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
Within the Florida Republicans
Florida sends one of the larger Republican contingents to the House, wide enough that its internal average absorbs both habitual dissenters and members who almost never stray. Buchanan sits on the quieter side of it.
Among the 20 Republicans in the Florida delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.1%. Vern Buchanan is below that average at 4.1%.
What he legislates on
Taxation leads his classified filings, which matches the committee seats exactly. The bills reach past it: the Thin Blue Line Act, a measure on tax integrity in artificial intelligence, the Semiconductor Superiority Act, a bill on artificial intelligence fraud, and one on mink farming and disease transmission.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Vern Buchanan's cluster into: Taxation (14), Health (11), Armed Forces and National Security (8), Crime and Law Enforcement (4), Immigration (2), Agriculture and Food (1).
Of the 50 most recent of those, 48 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure
He arrived in the House in the second half of the two-thousands and has served since without changing party.
First elected in 2007, now serving across 10 terms. Vern Buchanan falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Vern Buchanan has 214 bills sponsored, 1909 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Ways and Means
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- House Committee on Ways and Means: Health (Chair)
- House Committee on Ways and Means: Trade
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