Mike Simpson

Mike Simpson

27

Years in Office

159

Bills Sponsored

2215

Bills Co-Sponsored

1

Committees

Legislative Focus

Key areas of legislative activity based on sponsored legislation.
Law35%
Economics and Public Finance18%
Water Resources Development18%
Energy6%

Sponsored Legislation

Bills that Mike Simpson has sponsored from the most recent three Congresses (119th, 118th, and 117th).
BillTitleIntroducedStatusActions
HR 6279
Urban Canal Modernization Act

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In Committee
HR 4754
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 175.

Active
HR 634
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In Committee
HR 319
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In Committee
Amendment 1123
House Amendment 1123

On agreeing to the Simpson amendments (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.

Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 8998
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509.

Active
Amendment 531
House Amendment 531

On agreeing to the Simpson amendments (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.

Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 6107
Urban Canal Modernization Act

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 619.

Active
HR 6064
Don’t DO IT Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.

In Committee
HR 4821
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 239.

Active
HR 2694
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes.

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In Committee
HR 1422
SMILED Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 270
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In Committee
HR 269
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In Committee
HR 9517
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern.

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In Committee
HR 9518
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify the eligibility requirements for certain small water storage and groundwater storage projects and to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes.

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In Committee
HR 320
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

In Committee
HR 319
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

In Committee
HR 1113
Statistical Area Fairness Act of 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

In Committee
HR 1026
LAND Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 483
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land within the Henry's Lake Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho to resolve an unauthorized use and an occupancy encroachment dating back to 1983.

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 482
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 215
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

In Committee
HR 214
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

In Committee
HR 6924
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land within the Henry's Lake Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho to resolve an unauthorized use and an occupancy encroachment dating back to 1983.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

In Committee
HR 5895
Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019

Became Public Law No: 115-244.

Passed
HR 5210
National Park Restoration Act

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

In Committee
HR 4448
To provide for an exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

In Committee
HR 4252
Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

In Committee
HR 4134
Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness Redesignation Act

Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 127.

Active
Amendment 229
House Amendment 229

On agreeing to the Simpson amendments (A017) Agreed to by voice vote.

Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 3266
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 163.

Active
HR 2862
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

In Committee
HR 2863
LAND Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

In Committee
HR 2104
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Boundary Modification Act of 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

In Committee
HR 1728
To modify the boundaries of the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, and for other purposes.

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

In Committee
HR 1482
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 645.

Active
HR 1483
Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

In Committee
HR 197
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

In Committee
HR 196
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

In Committee
HR 5055
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017

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

Active
HR 4151
To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide for the use of such funds, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

In Committee
HRES 416
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives recognizing community water fluoridation as one of the great public health initiatives on its 70th anniversary.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 2816
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land in Blaine County, Idaho, to the city of Ketchum, Idaho, to be used to support recreation, educational, and public purposes, including river restoration, floodplain management, and municipal water storage, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

In Committee
HR 2312
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

In Committee
HR 2028
Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017

Became Public Law No: 114-254.

Passed
HR 1719
Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

In Committee
HR 1138
Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act

Became Public Law No: 114-46.

Passed
HR 812
Indian Trust Asset Reform Act

Became Public Law No: 114-178.

Passed
HR 166
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

In Committee
HR 167
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

In Committee
HR 168
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

In Committee
HR 129
Idaho Safe and Efficient Vehicle Act of 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

In Committee
HR 5050
May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act

Became Public Law No: 113-262.

Passed
HR 5049
Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 479.

Active
HR 4923
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015

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

In Committee
HR 4283
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

In Committee
HR 4135
Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

In Committee
HR 3992
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014

Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Peters (CA). Petition No: 113-10. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/113/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0010.xml ">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

In Committee
HR 3457
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

In Committee
HJRES 80
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 221.

Active
HJRES 70
National Park Service Operations, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 203 pursuant to the order of Oct. 2, 2013.

Active
HR 3083
Idaho Safe and Efficient Vehicle Act of 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

In Committee
HR 2004
Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2013

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

In Committee
HR 1142
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to permit an exchange of land between the city of Ketchum and the Blaine County School District, Idaho.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

In Committee
HR 876
Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection Act

Became Public Law No: 113-136.

Passed
HR 409
Indian Trust Asset Reform Act

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

In Committee
HR 144
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet.

In Committee
HR 145
Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

In Committee
HR 6617
Indian Trust Asset Reform Act

Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.

In Committee
HR 6091
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 426.

Active
HR 2776
Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

In Committee
Amendment 713
House Amendment 713

On agreeing to the Simpson amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.

Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 2584
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2584 as unfinished business.

In Committee
HR 2143
Idaho Efficient Vehicle Demonstration Act of 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

In Committee
HR 2050
Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection Act

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 391.

Active
HR 1666
Breaking Barriers to Oral Health Act of 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In Committee
HR 647
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to permit an exchange of land between the city of Ketchum and the Blaine County School District, Idaho.

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 163
Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 162
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.

In Committee
HRES 1732
Condemning the unilateral decision of the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to begin the closure of the Yucca Mountain license application review and calling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to resume license application review activities immediately pending further direction from Congress.

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In Committee
HR 5205
Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 4798
Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In Committee
HR 4613
Blackfoot River Land Settlement Act of 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In Committee
HR 3538
Idaho Wilderness Water Facilities Act

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 225 - 191 (Roll no. 11).

Failed
HR 2179
Idaho Efficient Vehicle Demonstration Act of 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

In Committee
HRES 204
Congratulating the American Dental Association for its 150th year of working to improve the public's oral health and promoting dentistry, supporting initiatives to improve access to oral health care services for all Americans, and emphasizing the benefits of prevention of disease through support of community prevention initiatives and promotion of good oral hygiene.

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

Active
HR 969
Idaho Efficient Vehicle Demonstration Act of 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

In Committee
HR 545
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 191
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

In Committee
HR 192
Central Idaho National Forest and Public Land Management Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 6974
Idaho Efficient Vehicle Demonstration Act of 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

In Committee
HR 6839
To designate a previously unnamed peak in the Sawtooth Wilderness of the Sawtooth National Forest in the State of Idaho as "Mount Ernie Day".

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 5100
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain semi-manufactured forms of gold.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

In Committee
HR 4184
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 4 parcels of land from the Bureau of Land Management to the city of Twin Falls, Idaho.

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 3734
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Act

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 714.

Active
HR 3603
Idaho Land Conveyance Act of 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

In Committee
HR 3006
To improve the use of a grant of a parcel of land to the State of Idaho for use as an agricultural college, and for other purposes.

Became Public Law No: 110-77.

Passed
HR 2732
To amend the Act of July 3, 1890, to provide for the granting to a State of a parcel of land for use as an agricultural college and to proscribe the use of earnings and proceeds thereof.

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

In Committee
HRES 360
Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the Idaho Potato Commission and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that an Idaho Potato Month should be established.

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

In Committee

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