Portrait of Lance Gooden

MEMBER OF CONGRESS

Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX-5]

House · serving since 2019

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68SPONSORED
1,086COSPONSORED

Lobbying activity on Lance's bills

14 orgs

Orgs and lobbyists with LDA disclosures naming Lance's recent bills — derived across 3 bills of the 18 most recent sponsored/cosponsored bills with disclosed activity. This is who is in the room on Lance's legislation.

Lobbyists in the room

Harbinger Strategies, LLC · Chief Dep., Speaker Off. '23; Chief Dep., Min. Leader Off. '22 …
Harbinger Strategies, LLC · Deputy Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader 11-13; Floor Director, Rep. Eric Cantor 09-10 …
Harbinger Strategies, LLC · Chief of Staff, Office of the Senate Republican Whip 07-09; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Sen.…
Harbinger Strategies, LLC · Associate Director, Legislative Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, '17-'18, Policy Advisor…
Harbinger Strategies, LLC · Chief of Staff, Office of the Majority Leader 10-14; Chief of Staff, Office of the Minority Whip …
Crossroads Strategies, LLC
Crossroads Strategies, LLC · Chief of Staff/Legislative Director, Rep. John Sarbanes; Legislative Director/Legislative Asst/Le…
Crossroads Strategies, LLC
Crossroads Strategies, LLC · Director Member Services & External Affairs - Congressional Black Caucus; Special Assistant, Staf…
Crossroads Strategies, LLC · Counsel, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer; Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee …
Crossroads Strategies, LLC · Policy Director, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Raul Ruiz …
Crossroads Strategies, LLC
Per-bill breakdown (3)
H.R. 703511 orgs · 86 lobs
H.R. 35392 orgs · 6 lobs
H.R. 73611 org · 2 lobs

Committee assignments

Lance's current House committee + subcommittee assignments. Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators (daily-updated).

House Committee on Armed Services
House Committee on the Judiciary
Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation · House Committee on Armed Services
Seapower and Projection Forces · House Committee on Armed Services
Tactical Air and Land Forces · House Committee on Armed Services
Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet · House Committee on the Judiciary
The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust · House Committee on the Judiciary

Office

2431 Rayburn House Office Building

Policy footprint (recent bills)

Issue areas across Lance's last 25 sponsored and last 25 cosponsored bills.

Sponsored

Crime and Law Enforcement6
International Affairs5
Taxation3
Immigration2
Government Operations and Politics1
Finance and Financial Sector1
Foreign Trade and International Finance1
Commerce1

Cosponsored

Crime and Law Enforcement4
Government Operations and Politics4
Taxation3
Law2
International Affairs1
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues1
Immigration1
Animals1

Recent sponsored bills

68

H.R. 8685

Protect the Presidency Act

2026-05-07: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 9276

Federal Cryptocurrency Theft Enforcement and Coordination Act

2026-06-11: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 7612

End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026

2026-02-20: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 7387

Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026

2026-02-05: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 7361

No Tax on Restored Benefits Act

2026-02-04: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R. 7035

Credit Card Competition Act of 2026

2026-01-13: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R. 6792

Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2025

2025-12-17: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R. 6262

Taiwan Interpol Endorsement and Inclusion Act

2025-11-21: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 3966

Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act

2025-06-12: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R. 3539

Leadership in CET Act

2025-05-21: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2023-11-07: On agreeing to the Gooden (TX) amendment (A023) Agreed to by voice vote.

2023-09-28: On agreeing to the Gooden (TX) amendment (A028) Agreed to by voice vote.

2023-09-28: On agreeing to the Gooden (TX) amendment (A029) Failed by recorded vote: 198 - 232 (Roll no. 483).

H.R. 1792

No Tax Dollars for the United Nation’s Immigration Invasion Act

2025-03-03: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 1468

Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act

2026-06-15: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 607.

Showing 15 of 68 sponsored bills. Full list on Congress.gov ↗.

Recent cosponsored bills

1,086

H.Res. 1481

Honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Kay Granger, a Representative from the State of Texas.

2026-08-13: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

H.R. 8000

END 7-OH Act

2026-03-19: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

H.R. 6875

AI OVERWATCH Act

2026-01-21: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 2.

H.R. 9211

Jewish American Security Act

2026-07-07: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.

H.R. 2442

Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025

2025-03-27: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 9722

Fair Treatment of Religious Organizations Act of 2026

2026-07-22: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 16.

H.R. 9298

Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act

2026-06-11: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 445

Border Security Investment Act

2025-01-15: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

H.J.Res. 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".

2025-07-23: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

H.R. 4676

Modern Firearm Safety Act

2025-07-23: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 2189

To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.

2026-02-24: Received in the Senate.

H.R. 4658

STUDENT Act

2025-07-23: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 4602

Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act

2025-07-22: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 1849

Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2025

2026-02-04: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Murphy asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1849, a bill originally introduced by Representative LaMalfa, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

H.R. 6400

Rx ACCESS Act

2025-12-03: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Showing 15 of 1,086 cosponsored bills.