Vern Buchanan

U.S. Representative · Florida's 16th district

RepublicanTerm 2025

Official site: buchanan.house.gov/
Washington office phone: (202) 225-5015
Office: 2409 Rayburn House Office Building
Profile source: Congress.gov

What this office does

Representatives serve a single district for two-year terms. They write and vote on federal legislation, originate revenue and spending bills, and oversee federal agencies through committees.

Recent recorded votes

Yea-and-Nay
HCONRES 40
Position recorded: Nay · Chamber outcome: Failed · 2026-04-16
Official vote record
Recorded Vote
Position recorded: Aye · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-04-15
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HRES 965
Position recorded: Nay · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-04-15
Official vote record
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
HR 1011
Position recorded: Not Voting · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-04-14
Official vote record
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
HR 7613
Position recorded: Not Voting · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-04-14
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HCONRES 38
Position recorded: Nay · Chamber outcome: Failed · 2026-03-05
Official vote record
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
HRES 1099
Position recorded: Yea · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-03-05
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HR 7744
Position recorded: Nay · Chamber outcome: Failed · 2026-03-05
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HR 7744
Position recorded: Yea · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-03-05
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HRES 1100
Position recorded: Yea · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-03-04
Official vote record
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
S 723
Position recorded: Yea · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-03-04
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HRES 1095
Position recorded: Yea · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-03-04
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HR 4758
Position recorded: Nay · Chamber outcome: Failed · 2026-02-25
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HR 4758
Position recorded: Yea · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-02-25
Official vote record
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
S 2503
Position recorded: Yea · Chamber outcome: Failed · 2026-02-24
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HR 4626
Position recorded: Nay · Chamber outcome: Failed · 2026-02-24
Official vote record
Recorded Vote
HRES 1075
Position recorded: Aye · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-02-24
Official vote record
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
HR 6329
Position recorded: Yea · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-02-24
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HRES 1075
Position recorded: Yea · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-02-24
Official vote record
Yea-and-Nay
HR 4626
Position recorded: Yea · Chamber outcome: Passed · 2026-02-24
Official vote record

Legislation

Cosponsored · HR 637
911 SAVES Act
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Bill on Congress.gov
Cosponsored · HR 4382
America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Bill on Congress.gov
Cosponsored · HR 10073
Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act of 2026
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Bill on Congress.gov
Cosponsored · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
Latest action: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
Bill on Congress.gov
Cosponsored · HR 9590
SAFE for Manatees Act
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Bill on Congress.gov
Sponsored · HR 9501
AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026
Latest action: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
Bill on Congress.gov
Sponsored · HR 8959
Semiconductor Superiority Act
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill on Congress.gov
Cosponsored · HR 8911
AVERT Future Violence Act of 2026
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill on Congress.gov
Cosponsored · HRES 1294
Supporting the designation of May 15, 2026, as "Endangered Species Day".
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Bill on Congress.gov
Cosponsored · HR 8780
Critical Mineral and Extraction Tax Parity Act
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill on Congress.gov
Cosponsored · HRES 1252
Resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Latest action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Bill on Congress.gov
Sponsored · HR 7786
AI Fraud Accountability Act
Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, and 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.
Bill on Congress.gov
Sponsored · HR 6513
MINKS are Superspreaders Act
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Bill on Congress.gov
Sponsored · HR 6514
Protecting Animals in Military Training Act
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Bill on Congress.gov
Sponsored · HR 6130
ASAP Act
Latest action: 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.
Bill on Congress.gov
Sponsored · HR 6051
To Inform Families First Act of 2025
Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Bill on Congress.gov
Sponsored · HR 5347
Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill on Congress.gov
Sponsored · HR 4974
DETECT Act of 2025
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill on Congress.gov
Cosponsored · HJRES 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".
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Bill on Congress.gov
Cosponsored · HR 4638
Federal Working Animal Protection Act
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill on Congress.gov

Service history

House · 2025–present · FL
House · 2023–2025 · FL
House · 2021–2023 · FL
House · 2019–2021 · FL
House · 2017–2019 · FL
House · 2015–2017 · FL
House · 2013–2015 · FL
House · 2011–2013 · FL
House · 2009–2011 · FL
House · 2007–2009 · FL

Ask about Vern Buchanan's record

Short, sourced answers. No opinions or endorsements.

Ask a factual question

What does this office do, how has this member voted, or who runs my city and county?