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Rep. Harley Rouda (D-CA)
House · Democrat (most recent term) · CA-48 · in Congress 2019–2021 · Bioguide ID R000616
Party history: D 2019–2021. Source: term data in unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0); party shown is as recorded per term there.
Estimated net worth (from public disclosures)
| Estimate | Report year | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Estimated net worth before entering office (report year 2017) | 2017 | $15,056,070 | $42,763,034 | $70,469,998 |
| (b) Latest net worth estimate | 2021 | −$2,447,936 | $37,918,528 | $78,284,993 |
| (c) Estimated gain / loss, nominal dollars, 2017 → 2021 (4 years spanned) | 2017–2021 | −$72,917,934 | −$4,844,506 | +$63,228,923 |
Gain Low = latest Low − earliest High; Gain High = latest High − earliest Low (widest possible spread); Mid = latest Mid − earliest Mid.
Reliability flags (net worth): 2017: 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket; 2021: 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket; no computable net worth for year(s) inside the span: 2020. Not in the recommended dollar-gain ranking (shown only in the full list).
Net worth by report year (mid; Low–High)
| Report year | Assets (mid) | Liabilities (mid) | Net worth mid | Low … High | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $42,983,035 | $220,001 | $42,763,034 | $15,056,070 … $70,469,998 | computed; 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket |
| 2018 | $28,828,530 | $207,501 | $28,621,028 | $10,580,059 … $46,661,998 | computed |
| 2019 | $46,652,038 | $6,725,002 | $39,927,035 | $6,722,075 … $73,131,995 | computed |
| 2021 | $50,643,532 | $12,725,004 | $37,918,528 | −$2,447,936 … $78,284,993 | computed; 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket |
- What this is: Net worth = Schedule A assets (each value range at its midpoint; low–high range shown) minus Schedule D liabilities (midpoints / ranges). Low = assets at range floors minus liabilities at range ceilings; Mid = midpoints; High = assets at ceilings minus liabilities at floors. Low and High are outer bounds of the reported ranges, not likely outcomes.
- What it excludes / understates: exact values (only ranges are reported); a personal residence is not reported as an asset (although a mortgage on it may be listed as a liability, which then lowers the estimate); retirement and federal accounts (e.g. Thrift Savings Plan, defined-benefit pensions) are only partly or not reported; assets of excepted/blind trusts, cash held below reporting thresholds, vehicles, household goods and most spouse/dependent items exempt from reporting are not included; liabilities on a personal residence, revolving credit under thresholds and loans to family may be omitted by filers.
- Open-ended top ranges (e.g. “Over $50,000,000”) are counted at their lower bound and flagged, so such values are understated.
- The change is a change in estimated net worth in nominal dollars (no inflation adjustment). It includes salary, gifts, inheritances, business income and re-valuation as well as investment results, and it is subject to range-bracket noise; it is not an investment return and implies nothing about conduct.
Read this first. Members report asset values only as ranges (e.g. “$15,001 – $50,000”), never exact dollars. Every figure below is an estimate computed from range midpoints, not a measured return. Figures cannot be interpreted as investment performance, and they do not show wrongdoing or skill. Methodology and limitations are at the end and in the project README. Sources: public financial disclosure reports filed with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and/or the Secretary of the Senate (Senate eFD), linked below.
Insufficient data to rank. Only 0 comparable year-pair(s) could be computed (minimum 3 to rank). 4 annual filing(s) were usable (text-readable, validated OCR, or validated X-mark decoding) and 0 scanned/image-only filing(s) could not be used (older layouts failing validation, small amendments not integrated). See the method-per-year section below.
Estimated year-over-year change
Bars: midpoint estimate; whisker: same-position floor/ceiling band. Axis clipped to −100%…+150%. Years with insufficient traceable holdings are omitted.
| Year (t−1 → t) | Opening value (mid) | Closing value (mid) | Income (mid) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) | Est. gain | Same-position band | Strict envelope | Traced coverage | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017→2018 | $7,809,017 | $8,935,014 | $0 | $0 | $0 | +14.4% | +12.1% … +24.0% | -113% … +142% | 18% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 18% < 60% |
| 2018→2019 | $5,054,008 | $8,969,508 | $585,955 | $3,096,505 | $239,503 | +32.5% | +31.4% … +36.6% | -176% … +241% | 18% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 18% < 60%; many new/exited positions |
Filings used
Each annual-report year uses one filing (most recently filed version among originals/amendments whose Schedule A row count is ≥ 40% of the largest). Electronic (text) PDFs are parsed. Scanned/image-only filings are OCR-read and used only if they pass the explicit validation gates described in the project README (value/income coverage, two-engine agreement, exact bracket snapping, page completeness, year-to-year position continuity); such years are labelled OCR-derived below. Scanned filings that fail validation are listed as “insufficient data – scanned”.
| Report year | Doc ID | Type | Filed | Schedule A rows | Rows with unparsed value | Source (official filing) / SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10037726 | House amendment | 8/13/2020 | 70 | 1 | 10037726.pdf481f58a1a212964cc60d06bb253c0e988a82f69cc88c577ebbc8e48c473ab737 |
| 2018 | 10037721 | House amendment | 8/13/2020 | 59 | 0 | 10037721.pdfdc2cada2965d9524acc95be0d54dc677c9d9c6aeb1595b8a2dcdb1e06beff75d |
| 2019 | 10040067 | House amendment | 5/4/2021 | 92 | 0 | 10040067.pdf2e713b2b7a9c80e8d6e0532585ead8f08b14b6f5b269af120947710a76a13212 |
| 2021 | 10044020 | House amendment | 11/10/2021 | 92 | 1 | 10044020.pdfced7038258e38ccd5c2b231b2219e0449d6793dc24be20a581834ae209276ef1 |
Method (summary)
- Schedule A asset rows are read from each annual report; the dollar range for each row is converted to its midpoint. Open-ended top ranges (“Over $50,000,000”) are excluded from the traced set and counted as a coverage loss.
- Positions are matched year to year by owner code (self/SP/DC/JT) + normalised asset name. A position that appears only in year t is included only if Schedule B shows a purchase of it in year t (opening value 0); a position that disappears is included only if Schedule B shows a sale (closing value 0). Otherwise it is excluded as unexplained.
- Estimated gain = (closing − opening + reported income − purchases + sale proceeds) ÷ opening, all at midpoints, for the traced positions. “Capital gains” income is not added again (it is already in value change and sale proceeds).
- A year counts only if traced opening value ≥ $50,000 and traced coverage ≥ 60% of the opening midpoint. A member is ranked only with ≥ 3 such years (exactly 2 = “limited data”, shown but unranked). Average = geometric mean of (1+yearly estimate).
Limitations
- Ranges are wide (up to a factor of 5 or more, and up to $50M+ open-ended); a holding can move between ranges without any real change in value, and stay in a range while moving materially. Yearly estimates are therefore noisy; the “strict envelope” shows the mathematical worst/best case and is typically wider than ±100%.
- Purchases and sales are only disclosed as ranges and only for transactions over $1,000; partial sales, dividend reinvestment, spousal/dependent accounts and retirement-plan funds are reported inconsistently. Excepted/blind trusts, personal residences and certain pensions are not reported at all.
- Filers sometimes change how they list assets (e.g. listing a brokerage account vs. its individual holdings), which can make positions untraceable across years; these are excluded rather than guessed.
- Asset values in an annual report are as of Dec 31 of the reporting year; the report year t−1→t covers that calendar year. Late or amended filings are used when filed; extensions can delay them.
- The text of these reports is machine-parsed from PDFs; parse errors are possible. Every number links back to the cited filing. This is not investment advice.
- Use of these filings is restricted by 5 U.S.C. § 105(c) (no unlawful, commercial or credit-rating purpose, and none for solicitation of money).
Generated 2026-10-01 by an automated pipeline. Data: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (disclosures-clerk.house.gov); member roster: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).