Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Rick Hill
Rick Hill was a Republican U.S. representative from Montana, 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. 4912 To require the conveyance of certain real property under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in Miles City, Montana.Dec 7, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5041 To establish the boundaries and classification of a segment of the Missouri River in Montana under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.Oct 18, 2000 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 4521 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to authorize and provide funding for rehabilitation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, to…Oct 18, 2000 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 1124 Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000Sep 7, 2000 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 484.
- H.R. 4851 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make a technical correction to the definition of hard cider for purposes of the excise tax on alcohol.Jul 13, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 158 (106th) To designate the Federal Courthouse located at 316 North 26th Street in Billings, Montana, as the "James F. Battin Federal Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 3381 (105th) Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 795 (106th) Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999Passed a chamber
- H.R. 976 (105th) Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 1997Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3696 (105th) To designate the Federal Courthouse located at 316 North 26th Street in Billings, Montana, as the "James F. Battin Federal Courthouse".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3056 (105th) To provide for the preservation and sustainability of the family farm through the transfer of responsibility for operation and maintenance of the Flathead…Reported from committee
- H.R. 1379 (105th) American Dream Tax Fairness Equity Act of 19976 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hill has won
Rep. Hill has won 2 U.S. House elections (1996–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.6 to 9.3 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
106th 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 | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
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.