Earmarks
Beatty proposed $20 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $3.9 million to The Ohio State University for “Global Positioning System (GPS) Enhanced Security Project”
- $3.0 million to Ohio Department of Transportation for “Franklin and Licking County - US 62 Silicon Heartland Improvement”
- $2.8 million to City of Columbus for “E. Broad Street Widening Phase 1”
View all requests and justifications on Beatty’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law.Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district.All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year.Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Beatty is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below.Each dot is a member of the House of Representativespositioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Beatty has sponsored and cosponsoredfrom Jan 3, 2019 to Jun 11, 2024.See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Joyce Beatty sits on the following committees:
- House Committee on Financial Services
- National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions subcommitteeRanking Member
Financial Institutions and Monetary Policysubcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Beatty was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5911 (117th): Fair Hiring in Banking Act
- H.R. 3891 (117th): Trafficking Survivors Housing Act of 2021
- H.R. 5277 (115th): Financial Literacy College Education Act
View All »
Does 3 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Beatty sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (45%)Health (16%)Housing and Community Development (11%)Armed Forces and National Security (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Beatty recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 8677: To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit a State …
- H.Res. 1232: Expressing support for the goals and ideals of “National Hypertension Awareness Month”.
- H.Res. 1216: Expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Stroke Awareness Month.
- H.R. 8346: To assist survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences in returning to …
- H.Res. 1180: Recognizing the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in medical education.
- H.R. 8142: Examining Educational Redlining in Lending Act
- H.R. 8143: Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act of 2024
View All » | View Cosponsors »
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
(About Ads | Hide These Ads)
Voting Record
Key Votes
Beatty voted Nay
H.R. 6572: Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2023
Passed 334/79 on May 15, 2024.
Beatty voted Yea
H.Res. 1160: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8034) making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the situation in …
Passed 316/94 on Apr 19, 2024.
Beatty voted Yea
H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Passed 329/101 on Jul 14, 2022.
Beatty voted Nay
S. 3201: Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act
Passed 320/88 on Jan 29, 2020.
Beatty voted Yea
H.R. 4293: Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017
Passed 245/174 on Apr 11, 2018.
H.R. 4293 improves the stress testing process for bank holding companies. Specifically, the bill improves the process by: - Requiring certain bank holding companies to …
Beatty voted Yea
H.R. 4771: Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018
Passed 280/139 on Feb 8, 2018.
H.R. 4771 would require the Federal Reserve Board to apply its Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement to banks and savings and loan holding companies …
Beatty voted Nay
H.R. 1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017
Passed 378/48 on Apr 26, 2017.
This bill would change the appointment process for the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the Register of Copyrights. Currently the Register of …
Beatty voted Aye
H.R. 1734: Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015
Passed 258/166 on Jul 22, 2015.
The Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Act of 2015 would outline minimum requirements for state-run permit programs on the management and disposal of coal ash. The …
Beatty voted Yea
H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015
Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.
The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …
Beatty voted Aye
H.R. 636: America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015
Passed 272/142 on Feb 13, 2015.
This was a vote to pass H.R. 636 when it was the America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015. The bill subsequently became the …
Beatty voted Aye
H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015
Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.
Beatty voted No
H.R. 3309 (113th): Innovation Act
Passed 325/91 on Dec 5, 2013.
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Jun 2024, Beatty missed 198 of 6,675 roll call votes, which is 3.0%.This isworse thanthe median of 2.0%among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving.The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Show the numbers...
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
