Representative · Texas's 22nd district

Troy E. Nehls

Troy E. Nehls is a Republican representative for Texas's 22nd district, in Congress since 2021. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 49, and cast 446 of 450 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2021
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	7.3%49 of 675 · rank 40 of 439	99%446 of 450 · rank 133 of 439	311 became law	6%19 of 298
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	9.4%115 of 1,222 · rank 36 of 442	99%783 of 790 · rank 93 of 442	330 became law	8%29 of 361
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	2.7%27 of 997 · rank 86 of 443	99%554 of 560 · rank 146 of 443	221 became law	21%32 of 152

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.61+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Nay
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
H.R. 8774: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025Yea
Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 161–251· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 227–193· Against party
H.R. 5894: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Nay
Nov 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 118–316· Against party
H.R. 5894: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Nay
Nov 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 140–294· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Texas's 22nd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $106.1M
Per resident: $128
Rank in Texas: 35 of 38
Contract actions: 941; New awards: 572

By fiscal year

148.5MFY2017
99.5MFY2018
42.2MFY2019
53.3MFY2020
42.8MFY2021
163.6MFY2022
117.4MFY2023
79.8MFY2024
39.1MFY2025
106.1MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Army$91.9M87%
Department of Defense
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$4.5M4.2%
Department of Health and Human Services
Defense Logistics Agency$2.4M2.3%
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force$2.2M2.1%
Department of Defense
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1.1M1.0%
Department of Justice
National Institutes of Health$912.5K0.9%
Department of Health and Human Services
Transportation Security Administration$386K0.4%
Department of Homeland Security
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission$300.8K0.3%
Department of Energy

Top recipients

ORION MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC.$86.3M81%
1 award
HEYLTEX CORPORATION$4.5M4.2%
3 awards
INLAND DREDGING COMPANY, L.L.C.$2.5M2.3%
2 awards
ATEC INC$1.9M1.8%
41 awards
TEXAS DEWATERING LLC$1.4M1.3%
1 award
TC CHEMICALS, LLC$1M1.0%
9 awards
SGK GLOBAL SERVICES LLC$891.5K0.8%
2 awards
HITEC POWER PROTECTION, INC.$799.9K0.8%
2 awards
DETECTACHEM INC.$528.6K0.5%
12 awards
HUCKEYE HEALTH SERVICES LLC$457.1K0.4%
5 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $429.5K; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $151.7K
From committees: $199.3K; 81 committees
From contractor PACs: $56K; 25 PACs · 28% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac	$10K	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$6.6M
leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee	$7,500	LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.1B
l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac	$4,500	L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$115.4M
fedex corporationfedex corporation political action committee	$3,000	FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$407.8M
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)	$3,000	BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$439.8K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$2,500	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
united airlines, inc.united airlines, inc. political action committee (uapac)	$2,500	UNITED AIRLINES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$11.9M
southwest airlines cosouthwest airlines co. political action committee (swapac)	$2,500	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$105.7K
atmos energy corporationatmos energy corporation pac	$2,500	ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$2.6M
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)	$2,000	GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$29.3K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$429.5K	$199.3K	$56K25 PACs · 28% of committee money
2024	$896.3K	$403.3K	$78K36 PACs · 19% of committee money
2022	$1.4M	$292.3K	$40.9K20 PACs · 14% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Texas's 22nd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Texas's 22nd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Texas's 22nd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: nehls.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5951
Office: 1104 Longworth House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.