Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Douglas H. Bosco
Douglas Bosco was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–101st 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. 4309 Smith River National Recreation Area ActOct 27, 1990 · Provisions Included In S.2566.
- H.R. 5070 To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for maintenance, repair, alteration and other services necessary for the John F. Kenndy…Oct 22, 1990 · Became Public Law No: 101-449.
- H.R. 2548 Laguna de Santa Rosa National Wildlife Refuge ActOct 22, 1990 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- H.R. 5071 Federal Triangle Development Act Amendments of 1990Oct 15, 1990 · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Public Works + Transportation. H. Rept. 101-880, Part I.
- H.R. 3613 California Fish and Wildlife Protection Act of 1990Sep 28, 1990 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 482.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 281 (101st) To approve the designation of the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, to disapprove a term of that designation, and to prohibit the exploration for, or…Became law
- H.R. 4035 (101st) To designate the Federal building located at 777 Sonoma Avenue in Santa Rosa, California, as the "John F. Shea Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 4469 (100th) Hoopa-Yurok Settlement ActReported from committee
- H.R. 2513 (100th) A bill to require that a study be undertaken regarding the fishery resources and habitats of the Russian River (California) basin.Reported from committee
- H.R. 956 (100th) Food Irradiation Safety and Labeling Requirement Act of 198792 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bosco has won
Rep. Bosco has won 4 U.S. House elections (1982–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.6 to 40.9 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | 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 | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 101st 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.