Representative Nancy Mace has finished the first session of the 119th Congress with a high legislative output, ranking eighth among all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives for bills introduced. Mace, who represents South Carolina’s 1st district and has served in Congress since 2021, introduced 65 bills—more than any other member from her state.
“In a chamber of 435 voices, I’ve made mine count,” said Congresswoman Mace. “Words have power in the halls of Congress, but only when we have the courage to put them on the page.”
Her legislative activity placed her in the top two percent for number of bills introduced. Of those bills, two passed the House: the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (H.R. 30) and the Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act (H.R. 872). In addition, four measures received floor consideration and all seven amendments she offered were adopted by the House.
Mace’s legislative efforts drew bipartisan support; her proposals attracted 276 cosponsors—72% Republican and 28% Democrat.
She played a key role in shaping the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 by submitting numerous proposals and passing several amendments both at committee level and on the House floor. The final NDAA included at least fourteen policy changes she supported, such as prohibiting DEI practices within the Department of War, protecting women’s sports at service academies, banning painful research on dogs and cats, and authorizing an Eastern Regional Range Complex for electromagnetic warfare with South Carolina as a hub.
For South Carolina’s Lowcountry region, Mace secured nearly $388 million in authorized military infrastructure investments—including funds for facility expansions at Joint Base Charleston and extensions for projects at MCAS Beaufort and MCRD Parris Island.
Two additional bills—the Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act (H.R. 5235) and Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act (H.R. 3455)—passed out of committee and await further consideration.
Nancy Mace was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1977 and lives in Charleston. She graduated from The Citadel in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Before joining Congress in 2021 after replacing Joe Cunningham, she served in South Carolina’s House of Representatives from 2018 to 2020.
