---
type: Person
title: "Vern Buchanan"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - FL-16 — Congressional District 16"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - FL-16"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "FL"
district: "Congressional District 16"
represents: "us/states/fl/districts/16"
committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Ways and Means"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/ways-and-means"
  - name: "House Committee on Ways and Means - Health"
    role: "chair"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/ways-and-means/subcommittees/health"
  - name: "House Committee on Ways and Means - Trade"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/ways-and-means/subcommittees/trade"
  - name: "Joint Committee on Taxation"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/joint/committees/taxation"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
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  office: "55cb1acf-25cd-4c72-b40e-e82c45fb4eb2"
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  bioguide: "B001260"
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, fl]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Vern Buchanan

Current U.S. House of Representatives - FL-16 (Congressional District 16).

Represents [Congressional District 16](/us/states/fl/districts/16.md).

## Committees

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

## 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).