James Moylan

James Camacho Moylan (born July 18, 1962) is an Guamanian politician and Army veteran serving as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for Guam's at-large congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Guam Legislature from 2019 to 2023. Moylan is one of two Chamorro members of Congress, alongside Kimberlyn King-Hinds.

Moylan graduated from John F. Kennedy High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from the University of Guam.^[1]

Prior to entering politics, Moylan served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army and parole officer for the Guam Department of Corrections. He was elected to the Guam Legislature in 2018 and assumed office in 2019. Moylan is also a licensed insurance agent.

Moylan was the Republican nominee for the 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Guam.^[2] He won the election, defeating Judith Won Pat.^[3] He is the first Republican to represent Guam as a delegate since Vicente T. Blaz in 1993.^[4]

For the 119th Congress:^[5]

• Committee on Armed Services
  • Subcommittee on Readiness
  • Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
• Committee on Education and Workforce
  • Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
  • Higher Education and Workforce Development
• Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific
  • Subcommittee on South and Central Asia

Previous assignments:

• Committee on Natural Resources (118th)
  • Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs
  • Subcommittee on Federal Lands

• U.S.-Philippines Friendship Caucus (Co-Chair)
• Pacific Islands Caucus^[6]
• Congressional Western Caucus^[7]
• Problem Solvers Caucus^[8]
• Republican Study Committee^[9]
  • Co-Chair of the National Security Task Force

In the 118th Congress he sponsored a resolution that reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend the Philippines under the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty if its assets are attacked in the South China Sea, called for joint patrols with the Philippines, rejected China’s territorial claims there, and welcomed implementation of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.^[10]

In the 118th Congress and 119th Congress he sponsored a bill that amends Title 38 of the U.S. Code to authorize the VA to pay not only the full purchase price for adaptive vehicles provided to disabled veterans or service members, but also the shipping/delivery costs.^[11]

In the 118th Congress he co-sponsored a pair of resolutions meant to expunge the impeachments of Donald Trump.^[12] In the 119th United States Congress, he again co-sponsored resolutions to expunge Trump's impeachments.^[13]

In the 118th Congress he sponsored a bill that adjusted the number of cadets to be nominated to the United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, and United States Airforce Academy from the Delegate in Congress from Guam.^[14]

• Enacted in National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.

His mother, Maria Camacho Moylan, was related to Carlos Camacho. Through his father, who was the brother of Scotty Moylan, he is first cousin to Kurt Moylan, whose son Kaleo Moylan and nephew Douglas Moylan are thereby his first cousins once removed.^[15]

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Appearances on C-SPAN