---
type: Person
title: "Jason Smith"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - MO-8 — Congressional District 8"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - MO-8"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "MO"
district: "Congressional District 8"
represents: "us/states/mo/districts/08"
committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Ways and Means"
    role: "chair"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/ways-and-means"
  - name: "Joint Committee on Taxation"
    role: "vice-chair"
    body: "us/bodies/joint/committees/taxation"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
  person: "e22c36e1-47a8-4013-95d2-1e7d339795f4"
  office: "0cc46062-e2f0-4019-a84b-fe9554f756c2"
  tenure: "57de2f9c-a46b-4c47-b126-a02f60bd3bb5"
  jurisdiction: "65d77e16-fcd5-45dc-9417-dd0a401a9eae"
  bioguide: "S001195"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, mo]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Jason Smith

Current U.S. House of Representatives - MO-8 (Congressional District 8).

Represents [Congressional District 8](/us/states/mo/districts/08.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Ways and Means](/us/bodies/house/committees/ways-and-means.md) — **chair**
- [Joint Committee on Taxation](/us/bodies/joint/committees/taxation.md) — **vice-chair**

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).