Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Peter H. Kostmayer
Peter Kostmayer was a Democratic U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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. 5944 Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 1992Oct 30, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
- H.R. 6179 To amend the Wild and Scenic River Act.Oct 23, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-460.
- H.R. 4999 To authorize additional appropriations for implementation of the development plan for Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House.Oct 23, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-439.
- H.R. 5857 To provide for standards for the cleanup of domestic nuclear energy industry facilities and other radiologically contaminated sites.Oct 15, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 3629 Atomic Energy Amendments Act of 1991Oct 8, 1992 · Provisions Not Included in Final Version of H.R.776.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3957 (100th) Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 797 (100th) A bill to authorize the donation of certain non-Federal lands to Gettysburg National Military Park and to require a study and report on the final development…Became law
- H.R. 3387 (102nd) To amend the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for implementation of the development plan for Pennsylvania…Became law
- H.R. 3863 (101st) To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the study and designation of the Underground Railroad Historic Trail.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5001 (102nd) To amend the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 to authorize the National Park Service and the United States Geological Survey to conduct a national river systems…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2637 (102nd) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Withdrawal ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3457 (102nd) Delaware River Study Act of 1992Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3764 (101st) To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Delaware River in the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey as components of the…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kostmayer has won
Rep. Kostmayer has won 7 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.7 to 22.3 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 48 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 48 | 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 | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 102nd 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.