• SCOTT, JAMES AUSTIN
Experience: House: District 8, 2011-Present
Home State: Georgia
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $859,112Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: James Austin Scott
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Vivien; 2 Children: Wells, Gabriela
    Birth Date: 12/10/1969
    Birth Place: Augusta, GA
    Home City: Tifton, GA
    Religion: Christian

Education

    BBA, Risk Management/Insurance, University of Georgia, 1993

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2011-present
    Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, 1996-2010

Current Legislative Committees

    Agriculture, Member
    Armed Services, Member
    Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, Member
    Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, Chair
    Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight and Nutrition, Member
    Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Armed Services), Member
    Subcommittee on Readiness, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Congressional Air Force Caucus
    Member, Congressional Army Aviation Caucus
    Member, Congressional Caucus on Parkinson’s Disease
    Member, Congressional Cement Caucus
    Member, Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus
    Former Chair, Congressional Community Pharmacy Caucus
    Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus
    Member, Congressional General Aviation Caucus
    Member, Congressional German-American Caucus
    Member, Congressional Israel Allies Caucus
    Member, Congressional Peanut Caucus
    Member, Congressional Range and Test Center Caucus
    Member, Congressional Rural Health Caucus
    Former Member, Congressional Turkey Caucus
    Member, Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
    Former Member, Friends of Switzerland Caucus
    Member, House Army Caucus
    Member, House Military Depot Caucus
    Member, Republican Study Committee
    Member, Leadership Georgia Class, 2007
    Member, State of Georgia Certificate of Need Commission, 2006
    Member, State of Georgia Trauma Commission, 2006

Professional Experience

    Agent, Insurance/Investment Sales, The Southern Group, Limited Liability Company
    Owner, Insurance/Investment Sales, The Southern Group, Limited Liability Company
    Senior Agent, The Principal Financial Group, 1993-1998
    Agent, Life of the South Agency, 1992-1993

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Board Member, American Red Cross, Coastal Plains Chapter
    Member, First Baptist Church of Tifton
    Board Member, Georgia Rural Development Council
    Member, National Association of Insurance Financial Advisers
    Lifetime Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
    Member, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), 2004
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Support
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Strongly Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

No Opinion
11. Support & expand free trade

No Opinion
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Oppose
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Oppose
Total: 26
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
05/22/2017 H.R.2591 To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation, and for other purposes. 05/22/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.  (All Actions)
03/24/2017 H.R.1722 Protecting American Jobs Act 03/24/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.  (All Actions)
08/11/2016 H.R.5649 Stop Abusing the Presidential Plane Act 08/11/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.  (All Actions)
06/21/2016 H.R.5525 End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2016 06/21/2016 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 207 - 143 (Roll no. 334).  (All Actions)
04/19/2016 H.R.4884 CURB Lifeline Act of 2016 04/19/2016 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 11 .  (All Actions)
01/11/2016 H.R.4363 Student Tax Affordability and Relief Act 01/11/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
12/04/2015 H.R.4074 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to collect data regarding foreign travel, or repatriation, to the country of nationality or last habitual residence by an alien admitted to the United States as a refugee, and for other purposes. 12/04/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
11/16/2015 H.R.1893 Protecting American Jobs Act 11/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.  (All Actions)
11/04/2015 H.R.3754 Halting Government Overreach Act of 2015 11/04/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.  (All Actions)
03/23/2015 H.R.1183 Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act 03/23/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.  (All Actions)
01/16/2015 H.R.266 End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2015 01/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.  (All Actions)
09/22/2014 H.R.5447 To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to increase the availability of pesticides for the management of parasitic pests that adversely impact the health of managed pollinator bees, and for other purposes. 09/22/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.  (All Actions)
08/01/2014 H.R.5376 Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2014 08/01/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.  (All Actions)
03/13/2014 H.Con.Res.86 Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the Smith-Lever Act, which established the nationwide Cooperative Extension System. 03/13/2014 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.  (All Actions)
10/04/2013 H.R.3241 Pay our Guardsmen and Civilian Defense Personnel Act 10/04/2013 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.  (All Actions)
04/23/2013 H.R.795 Protecting American Jobs Act 04/23/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.  (All Actions)
04/09/2013 H.R.1448 FARMER Act of 2013 04/09/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
04/08/2013 H.R.972 Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 04/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.  (All Actions)
03/20/2013 H.R.1302 To prohibit foreign military financing to Egypt. 03/20/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
03/14/2013 H.R.1202 One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2013 03/14/2013 Referred to House Rules  (All Actions)
Total: 803
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/28/2012 H.Res.695 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the appointment by the Attorney General of an outside special counsel to investigate certain recent leaks of apparently classified and highly sensitive information on United States military and intelligence plans, programs, and operations.
06/28/2012 H.R.5957 To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting deferred action or otherwise suspending the effectiveness or enforcement of the immigration laws.
06/28/2012 H.R.5953 Prohibiting Back-door Amnesty Act
06/27/2012 H.R.5873 Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012
06/25/2012 H.R.2997 Superfund Common Sense Act
06/21/2012 H.R.6000 VERIFI Act of 2012
06/12/2012 H.R.436 Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012 Passed Yea
06/04/2012 H.R.4201 Servicemember Family Protection Act Passed Yea
05/31/2012 H.R.3541 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2012 Failed Yea
05/17/2012 H.Res.568 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. Passed Yea
05/11/2012 H.R.5710 Better Use of Refrigerator Regulations Act
05/10/2012 H.R.4330 To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify the maximum distance between Farm Service Agency county offices for purposes of the closure or relocation of a county office for the Farm Service Agency.
05/07/2012 H.Con.Res.115 Recognizing the 64th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
05/07/2012 H.R.4228 To direct the Secretary of State to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
05/07/2012 H.R.4000 Energizing America through Employment Act
04/27/2012 H.R.3989 Student Success Act
04/26/2012 H.Con.Res.110 Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not interpret or construe the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President or any Federal department or agency to confiscate personal or private property, to force conscription into the Armed Forces on the American people, to force civilians to engage in labor against their will or without compensation, or to force private businesses to relinquish goods or services without compensation.
04/19/2012 H.R.4454 ACCOUNT Act
04/17/2012 H.R.4040 To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf. Passed Yea
04/16/2012 H.R.5 Protecting Access to Healthcare Act Passed Aye
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