Jim McGovern

Jim McGovern

29

Years in Office

434

Bills Sponsored

11775

Bills Co-Sponsored

2

Committees

Legislative Focus

Key areas of legislative activity based on sponsored legislation.
Congress37%
International Affairs16%
Health10%
Agriculture and Food8%

Sponsored Legislation

Bills that Jim McGovern has sponsored from the most recent three Congresses (119th, 118th, and 117th).
BillTitleIntroducedStatusActions
HRES 1068
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 143) enabling Congress to advance important policies.

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

In Committee
HR 7521
United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2026

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HR 7546
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HJRES 143
Resolution Act.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HRES 999
Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 997) enabling the House of Representatives to be responsive to its membership.

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

In Committee
HRES 997
Enabling the House of Representatives to be responsive to its membership.

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Ethics, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HRES 986
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7007) to govern on behalf of the American people.

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

In Committee
HR 7007
Governing for the People Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
Amendment 144
House Amendment 144

On agreeing to the McGovern amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

Active
HCONRES 68
To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HR 6878
El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HR 6877
Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HR 6465
HALT Act of 2025

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HCONRES 64
To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 887
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 884
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6039) to advance commonsense priorities.

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

In Committee
HR 6039
Commonsense Legislating Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 5916
Grandfamily Housing Act of 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HR 5753
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

In Committee
HR 5684
Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act of 2025

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HRES 780
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 779
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

In Committee
HR 5439
Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In Committee
HJRES 119
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set limits on Federal campaign contributions and spending, prohibit corporate spending in the political process, require Congress to develop a system of public campaign financing for all Federal candidates who qualify for the ballot, and allow the States to set reasonable limits on campaign contributions and spending in State and local elections, and for other purposes.

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In Committee
HRES 342
Recognizing the history of the drug diethylstilbestrol and the harm it has caused, and for other purposes.

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In Committee
HRES 317
Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HRES 278
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to advance responsible policies.

Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Boyle (PA). Petition No: 119-3. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025050603">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

In Committee
HR 2451
Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In Committee
HR 1834
Breaking the Gridlock Act

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.

Active
HRES 134
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to advance responsible policies.

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

In Committee
HR 185
Responsible Legislating Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

In Committee
HR 10537
Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HRES 1072
Recognizing the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising Day of March 10, 1959, and condemning human rights violations related to the hydropower dam construction project in Derge.

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In Committee
HRES 1016
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5673) to advance responsible policies.

Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. McGovern. Petition No: 118-9. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024031209?CongressNum=118">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

In Committee
HR 7175
Human Rights Defenders Protection Act of 2024

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HR 6892
Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 6780
Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 5673
Responsible Legislating Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 5216
Connecticut River Watershed Partnership Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

In Committee
HR 5085
Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

In Committee
HR 5023
PLANT Act

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

In Committee
HR 4928
National Security Reforms and Accountability Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

In Committee
HR 4798
Strengthening Efforts to End Violence Against Children Act of 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In Committee
HJRES 78
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set limits on Federal campaign contributions and spending, prohibit corporate spending in the political process, require Congress to develop a system of public campaign financing for all Federal candidates who qualify for the ballot, and allow the States to set reasonable limits on campaign contributions and spending in State and local elections, and for other purposes.

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In Committee
Amendment 188
House Amendment 188

On agreeing to the McGovern amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 207 - 224 (Roll no. 266).

Not Agreed to (207-224)
HR 4034
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 3154
HALT Act of 2023

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HR 3153
Grandfamily Housing Act of 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In Committee
HRES 350
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 626) to advance commonsense policy priorities.

Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Boyle (PA). Petition No: 118-1. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/dischargepetition/2023051701?CongressNum=118">Discharge petition </a> text with signatures.)

In Committee
HR 1312
Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

In Committee
HR 1269
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2023

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1218)

Active
HRES 152
Supporting the goals and ideals of "move over" laws.

Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 100.

Active
Amendment 80
House Amendment 80

On agreeing to the McGovern amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 210 - 222 (Roll no. 110).

Not Agreed to (210-222)
HR 805
Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act of 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

In Committee
HRES 77
Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In Committee
HR 533
Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

In Committee
HRES 1531
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2617) to amend section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, to amend the description of how performance goals are achieved, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4373) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 1082) to prohibit the unauthorized sale of ride-hailing signage and study the incidence of fatal and non-fatal assaults in TNC and for-hire vehicles in order to enhance safety and save lives; and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1529
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9640) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for examination and disclosure with respect to Presidential income tax returns; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1942) to standardize the designation of National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1519
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8393) to enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HR 9447
For the relief of Terence George.

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In Committee
HRES 1508
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3648) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7946) to provide benefits for noncitizen members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1499
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3372) to authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6878) to address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth,and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8876) to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 100) to provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees; and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1463
Supporting the goals and ideals of "move over" laws.

Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1464, H. Res. 1463 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H8504; text: CR H8504-8505)

Passed
HRES 1404
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 6833) to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish requirements with respect to cost-sharing for certain insulin products, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8987) to amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to authorize appropriations for catch-up payments from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1377
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4118) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to build safer, thriving communities, and save lives, by investing in effective community-based violence reduction initiatives, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5768) to direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to establish, create, and administer the violent incident clearance and technology investigative method, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6448) to direct the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to carry out a grant program to provide assistance to police departments with fewer than 200 law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8542) to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Urban Indian organizations, and political subdivisions thereof to hire, employ, train, and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1316
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5376) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1300
Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1302
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1808) to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HR 8504
Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In Committee
HRES 1230
Adopting changes to the standing rules, and for other purposes.

Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1232, H. Res. 1230 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H6711-6718; text: CR H6719)

Passed
HR 8365
Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.

In Committee
HRES 1204
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the House amendment to the bill (S. 2938) to designate the United States Courthouse and Federal Building located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the "Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal Building", and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the bill (S. 2089) to amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to extend child nutrition waiver authority, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4346) making appropriations for Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1185
Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.

In Committee
HRES 1153
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2377) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7910) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1156
Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to building on the twenty years of success of the George McGovern-Robert Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 1118
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States recognizes the mounting personal and financial burden of diet-related disease in the United States and calls on medical schools, graduate medical education programs, and other health professional training programs to provide meaningful physician and health professional education on nutrition and diet.

Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1119, H. Res. 1118 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H5023; text: CR H5023)

Passed
HRES 1052
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Move Over Law Day.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

In Committee
HRES 973
Providing for consideration of Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2471) to measure the progress of post-disaster recovery and efforts to address corruption, governance, rule of law, and media freedoms in Haiti; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 75) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6968) to prohibit the importation of energy products of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7007) making emergency supplemental appropriations for coronavirus response and relief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 972
Providing for consideration of Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2471) to measure the progress of post-disaster recovery and efforts to address corruption, governance, rule of law, and media freedoms in Haiti; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 75) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purpose; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6968) to prohibit the importation of energy products of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.

Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 973, H. Res. 972 is laid on the table.

Active
HRES 950
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3967) to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HR 6743
LUNCHES Act of 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

In Committee
HR 6718
Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

In Committee
HRES 868
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5746) to amend title 51, United States Code, to extend the authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to enter into leases of non-excess property of the Administration.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HR 6256
To ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States market, and for other purposes.

Became Public Law No: 117-78.

Passed
HRES 849
Providing for consideration of the (H.R. 5665) to establish in the Department of State the Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HR 6251
Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

In Committee
HRES 803
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5376) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 784
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States recognizes the mounting personal and financial burden of diet-related disease in the United States and calls on medical schools, graduate medical education programs, and other health professional training programs to provide meaningful physician and health professional education on nutrition and diet.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
Amendment 139
House Amendment 139

On agreeing to the McGovern amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 774
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5376) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14; and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HR 5724
White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and Health Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

In Committee
HRES 727
Relating to the consideration of House Report 117–152 and an accompanying resolution.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HRES 716
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2119) to amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make improvements; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3110) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand access to breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3992) to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment; relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the bill (S. 1301) to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans; and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HR 5430
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 5410
National Security Reforms and Accountability Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

In Committee
HRES 693
Recognizing the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia and its mission to provide an independent source of news to closed societies in Asia.

Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1529, H. Res. 693 is considered passed House.

Passed
HRES 688
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1301) to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HR 5370
Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act of 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HRES 555
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4502) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Active
HR 4529
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In Committee

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