Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our2024 Report Card for Leger Fernandez.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Leger Fernandez is shown as a purple triangle▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below.Each dot is a member of the House of Representativespositioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills legislators have sponsored and cosponsoredfrom Jan. 4, 2021 to Nov. 25, 2025.See fullanalysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Leger Fernandez sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Natural Resources
  • Indian and Insular Affairs subcommitteeRanking Member

  Federal Landssubcommittees
• House Committee on Rules
  • Legislative and Budget Process subcommitteeRanking Member

Enacted Legislation

Leger Fernandez was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 1590 (118th): To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura VA Clinic.
• H.R. 2930 (117th): Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2021
• H.R. 7721 (117th): Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act

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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

Leger Fernandez sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Native Americans (30%)Public Lands and Natural Resources (27%)Education (13%)Labor and Employment (10%)Agriculture and Food (8%)Energy (6%)Armed Forces and National Security (4%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Leger Fernandez recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 6206: To protect the confidentiality of culturally sensitive information.
• H.R. 6205: To amend the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to facilitate implementation …
• H.R. 6049: No Payola Act
• H.R. 5964: Integrated Resource Planning Modernization Act
• H.R. 5963: Responsible Wildland Fire Recovery Act
• H.R. 5914: Historic Preservation Enhancement Act
• H.R. 5774: Every Child Deserves a Head Start Act of 2025

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2021 to Nov 2025, Leger Fernandez missed 76 of 2,544 roll call votes, which is 3.0%.This isworse thanthe median of 2.1%among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving.The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absences, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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
• TheHouse andSenate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• House of Representatives for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills