---
type: Person
title: "Mary Gay Scanlon"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - PA-5 — Congressional District 5"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - PA-5"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "PA"
district: "Congressional District 5"
represents: "us/states/pa/districts/05"
committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Rules"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/rules"
  - name: "House Committee on Rules - Rules and Organization of the House"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/rules/subcommittees/rules-and-organization-of-the-house"
  - name: "House Committee on the Judiciary"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary"
  - name: "House Committee on the Judiciary - Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/immigration-integrity-security-and-enforcement"
  - name: "House Committee on the Judiciary - The Constitution and Limited Government"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-constitution-and-limited-government"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
  person: "88b3c431-03b6-4111-944c-87ab901605a0"
  office: "c12608d1-100d-420d-9930-f0a4092faa30"
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  jurisdiction: "5cf46646-ed65-451c-af2c-bd271b0de9c2"
  bioguide: "S001205"
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, pa]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Mary Gay Scanlon

Current U.S. House of Representatives - PA-5 (Congressional District 5).

Represents [Congressional District 5](/us/states/pa/districts/05.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Rules](/us/bodies/house/committees/rules.md)
- [House Committee on Rules - Rules and Organization of the House](/us/bodies/house/committees/rules/subcommittees/rules-and-organization-of-the-house.md) — **ranking-member**
- [House Committee on the Judiciary](/us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary.md)
- [House Committee on the Judiciary - Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement](/us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/immigration-integrity-security-and-enforcement.md)
- [House Committee on the Judiciary - The Constitution and Limited Government](/us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-constitution-and-limited-government.md) — **ranking-member**

## 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).