Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers was a Republican U.S. representative from Kansas, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–104th 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. 4313 Small Business Opportunity Preservation Act of 1996Sep 28, 1996 · Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined…
- H.R. 3158 Pilot Small Business Technology Transfer Program Extension Act of 1996Sep 27, 1996 · Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Science for a period ending not later than Oct. 11, 1996 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and…
- H.R. 4098 Haskell Indian Nations University Administrative Systems Act of 1996Sep 23, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
- H.R. 3994 Entrepreneur Development Program Act of 1996Sep 18, 1996 · Committee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 3975 For the relief of Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Robert L. Stockwell, United States Army.Sep 9, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4522 (101st) Firefighters' Safety Study ActBecame law
- H.Con.Res. 297 (102nd) Condemning the bombing of the Embassy of Israel in Buenos Aires.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 305 (102nd) Commending the people of Albania for their successful democratic election, urging the acceleration of market reforms in Albania, urging the President to…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2150 (104th) Small Business Credit Efficiency Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3719 (104th) Small Business Programs Improvement Act of 1996Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3720 (104th) Small Business Investment Company Reform Act of 1996Reported from committee
- H.R. 937 (104th) To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify procedures for judicial review of Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis…Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 406 (102nd) To designate the month of May 1992 as "National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month".216 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Meyers has won
Rep. Meyers has won 6 U.S. House elections (1984–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.2 to 47.1 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | 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 | 4 | See the 4 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.