Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Bill Archer
Bill Archer was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1971, who sponsored 13 bills that became law (100th–106th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5662 Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000Dec 14, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 4986 FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act of 2000Nov 15, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-519.
- H.R. 5588 To establish the Government Program Evaluation Commission.Oct 28, 2000 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2002)
- H.R. 4444 To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for…Oct 10, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-286.
- H.R. 4810 Marriage Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2000Sep 13, 2000 · On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Ways and Means. Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2676 (105th) Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 1376 (106th) To extend the tax benefits available with respect to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia…Became law
- H.R. 1226 (105th) Taxpayer Browsing Protection ActBecame law
- H.R. 3103 (104th) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996Became law
- H.R. 831 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, to repeal the…Became law
- H.R. 668 (105th) Airport and Airway Trust Fund Tax Reinstatement Act of 1997Became law
- H.R. 3448 (104th) Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996Became law
- H.R. 2924 (104th) To guarantee the timely payment of social security benefits in March 1996.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Archer has won
Rep. Archer has won 12 U.S. House elections (1976–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 58.3 to 86.7 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 21 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 21 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a committee report listed | 8 | See the 8 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 4 | See the 4 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.