Scott doesn't just vote on bills. He writes them and gets them signed. Roughly two dozen are now federal law, most with a Republican partner.
Six laws to know
Health Care
Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act
Scott’s plan laid the groundwork for letting Medicare negotiate drug prices, capping insulin at $35 a month and seniors’ out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 a year. Those ideas became law in the Inflation Reduction Act.
2022
Housing
Housing Supply Expansion Act
Scraps a 1974 rule that forced manufactured homes onto a permanent steel chassis, so builders can make more affordable homes for less. Co-led with a Republican and signed into law as part of the ROAD to Housing Act.
2026
Housing
Housing Assistance Efficiency Act
Cut the red tape so local nonprofits can get federal homelessness aid straight to the people who need it.
2015
Veterans & Military
Veteran HOUSE Act
Opens HUD-VA housing vouchers to veterans with other-than-honorable discharges, who face higher risk of homelessness.
2021
Health Care
Opioid Recovery Centers Renewal
Keeps federal funding flowing through 2028 for recovery centers that offer addiction treatment, mental health care and support services all in one place.
2025
Health Care
Methamphetamine Response Act
Scott co-led the bipartisan effort to name meth an emerging national drug threat, requiring a federal plan to fight addiction and overdoses. San Diego was once called the meth capital of America.
2022
The Full Record
Every Scott Peters bill that became law
Health Care
Preventing Drug Shortages Act
Requires early warning when critical medicines are at risk of running short.
2020
Health Care
LAB Act
Protected seniors' access to lab tests by stopping Medicare cuts that threatened small labs.
2019
Health Care
ORPHAN Cures Act
Fixes a drug-pricing rule that punished treatments for more than one rare disease.
2025
Health Care
Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act
Stops payments to providers who have died by checking Medicaid rolls against federal death records.
2025
Health Care
STANDUP Act
Teaches students and teachers to spot a classmate in crisis and get them help. The idea came from students at Bernardo Heights Middle School.
2022
Veterans & Military
Sgt. Daniel Somers Network of Support Acts
Lets troops and veterans name family and friends who get mental-health resources to support them. Brought to Scott by the Somers family of Coronado.
2019, 2020
Veterans & Military
Veteran PEER Act
Expands veteran-to-veteran peer counseling at the VA.
2018
Veterans & Military
VA Family Therapists
Lets the VA hire more marriage and family therapists for veterans.
2016
Veterans & Military
GI Bill Protection During Rehab
Keeps veterans from losing GI Bill time while their vocational rehab is on hold.
2018
Veterans & Military
Purple Heart GI Bill Fix
Every Purple Heart recipient now gets full Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, no matter how long they served.
2017
Veterans & Military
Smart Ship Repair Act
Steers more Navy repair work to private shipyards, backing San Diego's ship repair industry and the thousands of local jobs it supports.
2025
Jobs & Economy
Employer Participation in Repayment Act
Lets employers help pay down workers' student loans tax-free.
2020, permanent 2025
Jobs & Economy
Building Chips in America Act
Cuts permitting delays so new American chip factories get built faster.
2024
Jobs & Economy
Make Every Small Business Count Act
Gives defense contractors credit for hiring small businesses at every level of a project, not just the first.
2013
Jobs & Economy
Government Printing Reform
Stopped Congress from printing paper copies of documents already online.
2016
Energy & Climate
Methane Pollution Resolution
Restored limits on methane leaks from oil and gas operations. The first climate law of that Congress.
2021
Energy & Climate
POWER ON Act
Strengthens the power grid and builds transmission for clean energy, through the infrastructure law.
2021
Energy & Climate
USEIT Act
Funds research to capture carbon pollution and turn it into useful products.
2020
Energy & Climate
Advanced Reactor Fee Reduction Act
Lowers licensing fees for next-generation nuclear reactors.
2024
Energy & Climate
HYPE Act
Gives hydropower projects more time to get permitted.
2018
San Diego
James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep Federal Courthouse
Named the downtown federal courthouse after two of San Diego's pioneering federal judges.
2014
San Diego
Ray Chavez Post Office
Named the Poway post office after Ray Chavez, the oldest surviving Pearl Harbor veteran at his passing.
2019
San Diego
2026 Community Project Funding
$13.5 million for 15 San Diego projects: water and stormwater, a rail bridge, transit, public safety, job training and ocean research. All 15 of Scott's requests were funded.
2026
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