Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Bill Barrett
Bill Barrett was a Republican U.S. representative from Nebraska, first elected to Congress in 1991, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (102nd–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. 5383 To amend the child and adult care food program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide alternative reimbursement rates under that…Nov 14, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
- H.R. 782 Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000Nov 13, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-501.
- H.R. 4788 Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000Nov 9, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-472.
- H.R. 2984 To direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey to the Loup Basin Reclamation District, the Sargent River Irrigation…Oct 27, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-366.
- H.Res. 632 Providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4788, the Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000.Oct 17, 2000 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2795 (105th) Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 2679 (104th) An Act to revise the boundary of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, to expand the Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 3287 (104th) Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance ActBecame law
- H.Con.Res. 181 (104th) Expressing the Sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should dispose of all remaining commodities in the disaster reserve maintained under the…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 137 (105th) Designating majority membership on certain standing committees of the House.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2671 (106th) Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Development Trust Fund ActReported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Barrett has won
Rep. Barrett has won 5 U.S. House elections (1990–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.3 to 69.0 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 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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 | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
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.