Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Merrill Cook
Merrill Cook was a Republican U.S. representative from Utah, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (105th–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. 3679 2002 Winter Olympic Commemorative Coin ActNov 6, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-435.
- H.R. 5411 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to permit the State of Utah to construct a hook ramp as part of the highway project to reconstruct the interchange…Oct 6, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- H.R. 4989 Campaign Finance Disclosure on Sales of Personnel Assets Act of 2000Jul 27, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- H.R. 4676 Space Transportation Investment Act of 2000Jun 15, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 4558 To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to modify the City of West Jordon, Utah, Reuse Project to include recycling and…Jun 5, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1251 (106th) To designate the United States Postal Service building located at 8850 South 700 East, Sandy, Utah, as the "Noal Cushing Bateman Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 2109 (105th) Campaign Finance Sunshine Act of 1998Passed a chamber
- H.R. 103 (106th) To suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1999 International Special…9 cosponsors
- H.R. 1667 (106th) Safe and Efficient Transportation Act6 cosponsors
- H.R. 2797 (105th) To require air carriers to charge a reduced fare for air transportation to and from certain clinical health trials.2 cosponsors
- H.R. 1309 (106th) Nuclear Waste Protection and Responsible Compensation Act1 cosponsor
- H.R. 4045 (105th) To suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1999 International Special…1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Cook has won
Rep. Cook has won 2 U.S. House elections (1996–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.3 to 12.6 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 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
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.