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Courtney, Joe

Current

U.S. Representative · Democratic · CT (District 2)

Served 2007–present

(202) 225-20762449 Rayburn House Office Building
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Committee Assignments

House Committee on Armed ServicesmemberHouse Committee on Education and WorkforcememberHealth, Employment, Labor, and PensionsmemberHigher Education and Workforce DevelopmentmemberSeapower and Projection Forcesranking memberTactical Air and Land Forcesmember

Legislative Activity

74 bills/resolutions

Bills and resolutions this member sponsored, cosponsored, or that were referred to a committee they sit on.

HR 10750
Advanced Nuclear Fission and Fusion Propulsion Systems Act
2026-10-05
Committee referralHR 8969
Nuclear Forensics Authority Realignment Act
2026-05-21
Committee referralHR 1009
National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act
2026-01-20
Committee referralHR 5951
No Nuclear Testing Without Approval Act
2025-11-07
Committee referralHR 669
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2023
2025-09-02
CosponsorHR 669
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
2025-09-02
Cosponsor
HRES 554
Supporting President Trump's decisive actions to dismantle Iran's nuclear weapons program and affirming unwavering support for the State of Israel's right to self-defense.
2025-06-27
Committee referral
HR 3667
Strengthening American Nuclear Energy Act
2025-06-02
Committee referralHR 3564
The Nuclear First-Strike Security Act of 2025
2025-05-21
Committee referral
HRES 317
Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
2025-04-09
Committee referral
HR 1888
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025
2025-03-05
Committee referral
HRES 100
Expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces.
2025-02-04
Cosponsor
HR 8129
American Nuclear Workforce Act
2024-04-26
Committee referralHR 5786
To establish in the National Nuclear Security Administration a Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working Group.
2023-09-28
Committee referralHR 5438
Nuclear Forensics Authority Realignment Act
2023-09-13
Committee referralHR 3472
Smarter Approaches to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2023-05-18
Committee referralHR 2894
Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Act of 2023
2023-04-26
Committee referralHR 2775
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023
2023-04-20
Committee referral
HRES 124
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should support the expansion of domestic nuclear energy and advanced nuclear technology as a viable source of power in order to promote United States nuclear energy leadership and global energy independence.
2023-02-14
Committee referral
HRES 77
Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
2023-01-31
Committee referral
HR 8902
To direct the Secretary of Defense to notify Congress before carrying out an order to use a nuclear weapon without a declaration of war by Congress.
2022-09-19
Committee referral
HRES 1311
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should support the expansion of domestic nuclear energy and advanced nuclear technology as a viable source of power in order to promote United States nuclear energy leadership and global energy independence.
2022-08-02
Committee referral
HR 8611
National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act
2022-07-29
Committee referral
HRES 1185
Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
2022-06-16
Committee referral
HR 4879
Nuclear Security Enterprise Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2021
2021-07-30
Committee referralHR 4024
Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Production Credit Act of 2021
2021-06-21
CosponsorHR 3653
Smarter Approaches to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2021-06-01
Committee referralHR 2850
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2021
2021-04-26
Committee referralHR 1554
Nuclear SLCM Ban Act of 2021
2021-03-03
SponsorHR 669
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021
2021-02-01
Committee referralHR 464
Nuclear Forensics Authority Realignment Act
2021-01-25
Committee referralHR 8342
No Nuclear Testing Without Approval Act
2020-09-22
Committee referralHR 6596
To realign the nuclear forensics and attribution activities of the Federal Government from the Department of Homeland Security to the National Nuclear Security Administration.
2020-04-22
Committee referralHR 6009
Nuclear Workers’ Ombudsman Extension Act
2020-02-27
Committee referralHR 4904
Smarter Approaches to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2019-10-29
Committee referralHR 3306
Nuclear Energy Leadership Act
2019-06-18
Committee referralHR 3042
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a study on the security impact of sexually harassing behavior in United States nuclear weapons complex sites.
2019-05-30
Committee referralHR 2699
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019
2019-05-14
Cosponsor
HRES 374
Condemning Iranian state-sponsored terrorism and expressing support for the Iranian people's desire for a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic of Iran.
2019-05-10
Cosponsor
HR 2419
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2019
2019-04-30
Committee referral
HRES 302
Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
2019-04-10
Committee referral
HR 669
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2019
2019-01-17
Cosponsor
HRES 1173
Encouraging the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy to enter into an international joint-build, cost-sharing program for the next generation nuclear-powered fast attack submarine program, and encouraging the Department of the Navy to maximize the utility of autonomous underwater vehicles.
2018-12-10
Committee referral
HR 7180
Stopping Russian Nuclear Aggression Act
2018-11-28
Committee referralHR 6141
To require the Secretary of Energy to develop a report on a pilot program to site, construct, and operate micro-reactors at critical national security locations, and for other purposes.
2018-06-19
Committee referralHR 5840
To state the policy of the United States with respect to the extended nuclear deterrence posture of the United States in support of NATO and to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide Congress a briefing on such posture.
2018-05-16
Committee referralHR 3929
Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2017
2017-10-03
SponsorHR 3853
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2017
2017-09-27
Committee referralHR 3053
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018
2017-06-26
CosponsorHR 2668
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2017-05-25
Committee referralHR 2667
Nuclear Cruise Missile Reconsideration Act of 2017
2017-05-25
Committee referralHR 1182
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Preservation Act of 2017
2017-02-16
Committee referralHR 669
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017
2017-01-24
CosponsorHR 6535
Nuclear Sanity Act
2016-12-27
Committee referralHR 5632
Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2016
2016-07-06
CosponsorHR 4304
Nuclear Worker Residual Contaminations Compensation Act
2015-12-18
Committee referralHR 3273
Prohibiting Assistance to Nuclear Iran Act
2015-07-29
Committee referralHR 1976
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2015
2015-04-22
Committee referralHR 1534
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2015-03-23
Committee referralHR 1191
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015
2015-03-02
Cosponsor
HCONRES 94
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should hold the Russian Federation accountable for being in material breach of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
2014-03-25
Committee referral
HR 2905
Nuclear Workers Health Advisory Board Act
2013-08-01
Committee referralHR 2904
Nuclear Workers Compensation Act
2013-08-01
Committee referralHR 1650
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2013
2013-04-18
Committee referralHR 1506
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2013-04-11
Committee referralHR 850
Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013
2013-02-27
CosponsorHR 6555
To direct the Secretary of Defense to use the Armed Forces to protect certain nuclear material of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
2012-09-21
Committee referralHR 4178
Maintaining the President's Commitment to Our Nuclear Deterrent and National Security Act of 2012
2012-03-08
Committee referral
HRES 568
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.
2012-03-01
Cosponsor
HR 3974
Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
2012-02-08
Committee referralHR 1491
Safety for Americans from Nuclear Weapons Testing Act
2011-04-12
Committee referralHR 1334
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2011
2011-04-01
Committee referralHR 248
Depleted Uranium Screening and Testing Act
2011-01-07
Committee referral
HRES 21
Recognizing non-proliferation options for nuclear understanding to keep everyone safe (NO NUKES).
2011-01-05
Committee referral

Voting Record

HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-04
no
HR 4553: On Motion to Recommit
2025-09-04
yea
HR 4553: On Passage
2025-09-04
nay
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-04
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-04
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 4553: On Agreeing to the Amendment
2025-09-03
no
HR 1: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment
2025-07-03
no
HR 1: On Motion to Recommit
2025-05-22
yea
HR 1: On Passage
2025-05-22
nay