Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Jim Gerlach
Jim Gerlach was a Republican U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 2003, who voted with most Republicans on 85% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (113th–113th 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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5859 Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014Dec 18, 2014 · Became Public Law No: 113-272.
- H.Res. 726 Strongly supporting the right of the people of Ukraine to freely determine their future, including their country's relationship with other nations and…Sep 17, 2014 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 5190 Ukraine Security Assistance Act of 2014Jul 24, 2014 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be…
- H.R. 5002 Home Energy Savings Act of 2014Jun 26, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 2807 Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2014Jun 26, 2014 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 367.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1516 (108th) National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2003Became law
- H.R. 4731 (108th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program.Became law
- H.R. 1053 (109th) To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine.Became law
- H.R. 475 (113th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include vaccines against seasonal influenza within the definition of taxable vaccines.Became law
- H.Res. 841 (111th) Expressing support for designation of November 29, 2009, as "Drive Safer Sunday".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5313 (109th) Open Space and Farmland Preservation ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 749 (109th) Expanded Access to Financial Services Act of 2005Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4181 (108th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the marriage penalty relief provided under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gerlach has won
Rep. Gerlach has won 6 U.S. House elections (2002–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.3 to 14.3 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.
How has Pennsylvania’s 6th district done while Rep. Gerlach served?
2005 to 2011 in PA-6: typical household income was down 5% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.1 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Pennsylvania’s 6th district during Gerlach’s time representing it (2003 to 2015). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. PA-6 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2018, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2003 to 2015.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 21 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 21 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 17 | See the 17 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 113th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.