Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Joseph J. Heck
Joseph Heck was a Republican U.S. representative from Nevada, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 89% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 3 bills that became law (113th–114th 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. 3969 To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Laughlin, Nevada, as the "Master Chief Petty Officer Jesse Dean VA Clinic".Sep 23, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-220.
- H.R. 5152 Career and Technical Education Equity ActSep 19, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- H.R. 6049 Protection from Insurance Exchange Monopolies ActSep 15, 2016 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5529 Accessing Higher Education Opportunities ActJul 12, 2016 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- H.R. 5528 Simplifying the Application for Student Aid ActJul 12, 2016 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 258 (113th) Stolen Valor Act of 2013Became law
- H.R. 470 (112th) Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011Became law
- H.R. 697 (113th) Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation ActBecame law
- H.R. 1775 (112th) Stolen Valor Act of 2012Passed a chamber
- H.R. 373 (114th) Good Samaritan Search and Recovery ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 6361 (112th) Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2012Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2166 (113th) Good Samaritan Search and Recovery ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Heck has won
Rep. Heck has won 3 U.S. House elections (2010–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.7 to 24.6 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.
How has Nevada’s 3rd district done while Rep. Heck served?
2012 to 2016 in NV-3: typical household income was up 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.7 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 Nevada’s 3rd district during Heck’s time representing it (2011 to 2017). 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. NV-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2016 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2017.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 16 | See the 16 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 114th 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.