Representative John Carter

District 31 - Representative John Carter - R

2208 Rayburn H.O.B.

Washington, D.C. 20515

(202) 225-3864

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Committees:

• APPROPRIATIONS (Subs: Commerce, Justice & Science; Defense; Military Construction & Veterans Affairs (Chair)) 

Global Action Record:

• 2003 - HR 1298 - AIDS, TB, Malaria - Nay

• 2003 - HR 192 - Microcredit - passed voice vote 

• 2005 - weigh-in letter to Kolbe & Lowey on TB 

• 2005 - HR 1409 - Orphans & vulnerable children - Yea 

• 2005 - signed Smith/Holt World Bank microcredit sign-on letter

• 2005 - discuss USAID restructuring with Kolbe 

• 2006 - Wish List letter - TB & microcredit 

• 2006 - pass microcredit language request to foreign ops committee 

• 2006 - Brown Amendment +$10m for TB - passed by voice vote 

• 2007 - signed Lee/Shays AIDS funding sign-on letter to Appropriations

• 2007 - signed Holt World Bank Microcredit meeting sign-on letter 

• 2007 - Wish List letter - TB & microcredit 

• 2007 - HR 1567 - Stop TB Now Act - passed in House - unanimous consent 

• 2007 - HR 1801 - Co-author - Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal 

• 2007 - signed Holt/Carter World Bank Microcredit meeting letter to Zoellick

• 2007 - Payne Amendment +$50m for TB - passed by voice vote 

• 2007 - YEA on failed LHHS amendment to reduce funding for Global Fund 

• 2007 - attended World Bank Microcredit meeting with Zoellick 

• 2008 - HR 1532 - Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act - passed into law - unanimous consent 

•  2008 - HR 5501 - Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act - passed - Yea  / Nay on Senate version

• 2008/01/21 - signed Holt/Carter World Bank Microcredit follow-up letter

• 2008 - signed Holt/Carter World Bank letter with 3 specific microcredit requests

• 2009 - HR 2000 - Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal - cosponsor

• 2009/10/22 - signed Lee/Inglis/Payne letter to Obama for $1.75B GFATM in FY11

• 2011/07/15 - signed Rush/Smith/Payne letter urging USAID to focus micro-finance on poorest, women, Sub-Saharan Africa with savings led programs 

• 2012 - joined TB Elimination Caucus

• 2013/06/19 - HR 1947 Farm Bill Royce Amdt. - failed - allowed for aid to purchase "local" food aid instead of shipping from U.S. farms - Nay

• 2015/06/12 - Trade Adjustment Assistance - Nay / 2015/06/12Trade Promotion Authority - Yea 

• 2017/09/07 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)

• 2022/06 - advocated for microcredit, Global Fund and M&CH in the FY23 SFOPS bill

• 2022/10/19 - H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (unanimous, President Biden signed into law)

• 2022-12-23 - Secured in FY23 SFOPS $2 billion included for the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis; $910 million included for Maternal and Child Health 

• 2023/07 - advocated for $2B for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria; and $910M for Maternal & Child Health within FY24 SFOPS Appropriations

• 2024/12/23 - READ Act Reauthorization Act signed into law within H.R.5009 the  National Defense Authorization Act 

U.S. Action Record: 

• 2007 - HR 2 - Fair Minimum Wage Act - nNayay 

• 2007 - HR 976 - SCHIP - Nay/ Nay after veto / Nay after rewrite 

• 2007 - HR 1429 - Improving Head Start Act - nay/Yea

• 2007 - HR 2419 - Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act - Nay

• 2007 - HR 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act - Nay

• 2007 - Congressional Budget w/ increased domestic discretionary spending - Nay

• 2007 - LHHS approp. 11/6-Nay 11/15-Nay

• 2008 - HR 976 - SCHIP - failed 1/23 Nay

• 2008 - HR 2419 - Farm Bill - passed/veto override/revote - Yea/not voting/not voting 

• 2008 - HR 5140 - Economic Stimulus - (passed; signed into law) - Yea 

• 2008 - HR 6049 - Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (extends Child Tax Credit) -  not voting

• 2008 - HR 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act - Nay/ Nay after veto

• 2008 - HR 6867 - Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Nay

• 2009 - HR 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Nay

• 2009 - HR 2 - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act - Nay

• 2009 - S.Con.Res.13 - Congressional Budget Resolution - Nay

• 2010 - HR 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Health Act - Nay

• 2010 - S 3307 - Healthy Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010 - Nay

• 2010 - HR 4853 - Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Nay/Yea

• 2013/06/20 - HR 1947 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP- Yea

• 2013/09/19 - HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (cuts SNAP $39b) - Yea

• 2014//01/29 - HR 2642 - Agriculture Act of 2014 = Farm Bill (cuts SNAP $8.6b) - Yea

• 2014/07/25 - HR 4935 - Child Tax Credit Improvement Act (extends CTC to higher-incomes families but fails to address expiring benefits to low-income families) - Yea

• 2015/12/17 - HR 2029 - Omnibus tax bill including permanent extension or critical EITC/CTC provisions - Yea

• HR 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 - Yea

• 2018/05/18, 2018/06/21 - HR 2 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP for people out of work - Yea, Yea

• 2020/12/21 - HR 133 FY21 + Coronavirus Relief - Not Voting

• 2024/01/31 - HR 7024 - Tax Relief for American Families and Workers (CTC) - Yea

• 2025/07/04 - H.R.1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Reconciliation bill) signed into law Senate 51-50 & House 218-214 - Yea