Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Jack Fields
Jack Fields was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–104th 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. 3005 National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996Oct 11, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-290.
- H.R. 3957 FCC Modernization Act of 1996Sep 12, 1996 · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- H.R. 2979 Public Broadcasting Self-Sufficiency Act of 1996Feb 29, 1996 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 558 Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent ActDec 20, 1995 · Rule H. Res. 313 passed House.
- H.R. 2519 Philanthropy Protection Act of 1995Dec 8, 1995 · Became Public Law No: 104-62.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4924 (103rd) Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994Became law
- H.R. 1347 (101st) Panama Canal Act Amendments of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3402 (103rd) Fountain Darter Captive Propagation Research Act of 1993Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1558 (102nd) Panama Canal Act Amendments of 1992Passed a chamber
- H.R. 44 (102nd) Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1991Reported from committee
- H.R. 44 (101st) Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1990Reported from committee
- H.R. 44 (103rd) Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1993241 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Fields has won
Rep. Fields has won 8 U.S. House elections (1980–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.5 to 84.1 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | 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 | 3 | See the 3 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.