Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
James V. Hansen
James Hansen was a Republican U.S. representative from Utah, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 19 bills that became law (100th–107th 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. 5099 To extend the periods of authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to implement capital construction projects associated with the endangered fish…Dec 19, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-375.
- H.R. 3909 Gunn McKay Nature Preserve ActDec 19, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-364.
- H.R. 2385 Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve ActDec 17, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-346.
- H.R. 451 Mount Nebo Wilderness Boundary Adjustment ActDec 16, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-334.
- H.R. 3908 North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization ActDec 2, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-308.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2348 (106th) To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost sharing for the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan…Became law
- H.R. 3830 (105th) Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 1823 (104th) To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the United…Became law
- H.R. 149 (106th) Omnibus Parks Technical Corrections Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 2862 (106th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to release reversionary interests held by the United States in certain parcels of land in Washington County, Utah, to…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hansen has won
Rep. Hansen has won 11 U.S. House elections (1980–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.1 to 43.0 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 32 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 32 | 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 | 18 | See the 18 → |
| With a committee report listed | 18 | See the 18 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.