Rep. Allen Boyd

Former Representative for Florida’s 2^nd District

Boyd was the representative for Florida’s 2^nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1997 to 2010.

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Enacted Legislation

Boyd was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

H.R. 3217 (108th): To provide for the conveyance of several small parcels of National Forest System land in the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida, to resolve boundary discrepancies involving the Mt. …
H.R. 1666 (106th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 200 East Pinckney Street in Madison, Florida, as the “Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr. Post Office”.
H.R. 3038 (105th): To provide for the design, construction, furnishing, and equipping of a Center for Historically Black Heritage within Florida A&M University.

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Boyd sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (26%) Water Resources Development (17%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) International Affairs (9%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Native Americans (9%) Environmental Protection (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Boyd recently introduced the following legislation:

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Boyd voted Yea

S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010

Passed 304/118 on Sep 29, 2010.

Boyd voted Nay

H.Res. 746 (111th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3221) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and …

Passed 241/179 on Sep 16, 2009.

Boyd voted Yea

H.R. 31 (111th): Lumbee Recognition Act

Passed 240/179 on Jun 3, 2009.

Boyd voted No

H.R. 7321 (110th): Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act

Passed 237/170 on Dec 10, 2008.

Boyd voted Nay

H.Res. 1525 (110th): Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 1424) to amend section 712 of …

Passed 223/205 on Oct 3, 2008.

Boyd voted Nay

H.R. 7006 (110th): Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008

Passed 419/4 on Sep 24, 2008.

Boyd voted Nay

H.Res. 1284 (110th): Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the House amendments to the Senate amendment to the …

Passed 342/83 on Jun 19, 2008.

Boyd voted Nay

H.Res. 1031 (110th): Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an …

Passed 229/182 on Mar 11, 2008.

Boyd voted Aye

H.Res. 801 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3688) to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.

Passed 349/55 on Nov 7, 2007.

Boyd voted Nay

H.Res. 793 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3685) to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual …

Passed 218/205 on Nov 7, 2007.

Boyd voted Nay

H.Res. 719 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3056) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to …

Passed 217/198 on Oct 10, 2007.

Boyd voted Yea

H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008.

Passed 365/59 on Jun 27, 2007.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1997 to Dec 2010, Boyd missed 332 of 9,363 roll call votes, which is 3.5%. This is on par with the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	1	0.6%	15^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	13^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	24^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	4	2.2%	50^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	69^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	1	0.5%	24^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	8	8.4%	81^st
2000 Apr-Jun	277	1	0.4%	14^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	9	8.9%	61^st
2001 Jan-Mar	75	2	2.7%	54^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	46^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	24^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	5	3.3%	62^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	2	2.5%	54^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	1	0.5%	13^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	7	11.5%	85^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	2	2.1%	49^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	31	13.0%	97^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	14	9.3%	85^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	4	3.8%	47^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	22	10.0%	90^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	5	3.1%	50^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	36^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	34	12.5%	96^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	41^st
2005 Oct-Dec	163	13	8.0%	84^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	5	6.2%	81^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	1	0.4%	14^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	58^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	18^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	11	2.8%	65^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	11	3.5%	70^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	4	1.5%	30^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	8^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	4	1.2%	22^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	1	0.5%	14^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	6	3.4%	65^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	17	5.6%	80^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	13	4.9%	84^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	15	6.1%	77^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	10	5.1%	68^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	23	10.5%	88^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	8	5.3%	75^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	18	18.2%	86^th

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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

Primary Sources