Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Jack B. Brooks
Jack Brooks was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1953, who sponsored 21 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 4781 International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994Nov 2, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-438.
- H.R. 4777 To make technical improvements in the United States Code by amending provisions to reflect the current names of congressional committees.Nov 2, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-437.
- H.R. 4778 To codify without substantive change recent laws related to transportation and to improve the United States Code.Oct 31, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-429.
- H.R. 5116 Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994Oct 22, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-394.
- H.R. 5238 To authorize the vessel R/V ROSS SEAL to be documented under the laws of a foreign country during a 3-year period.Oct 7, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee On Merchant Marine.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3471 (100th) Department of Veterans Affairs ActBecame law
- H.R. 2978 (101st) Flag Protection Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 3318 (101st) To redesignate the Federal building, known as the Concord Building, located at 1919 Smith Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Mickey Leland Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 1313 (103rd) National Cooperative Production Amendments of 1993Became law
- H.R. 4612 (101st) To amend title 11 of the United States Code regarding swap agreements and forward contracts.Became law
- H.R. 4314 (101st) To implement the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration.Became law
- H.R. 3355 (103rd) Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994Became law
- H.R. 5688 (102nd) Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1992Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Brooks has won
Rep. Brooks has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.1 to 37.2 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | 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 103rd 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.