Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Norman Y. Mineta
Norman Mineta was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 14 bills 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. 1253 To rename the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.Dec 28, 1995 · Became Public Law No: 104-78.
- H.J.Res. 69 Providing for the reappointment of Homer Alfred Neal as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.Dec 28, 1995 · Became Public Law No: 104-81.
- H.R. 1827 Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act Amendments of 1995Sep 7, 1995 · See H.R.2274.
- H.R. 2231 Technology Export Review ActAug 18, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
- H.R. 1753 United States Commemorative Coins Act of 1995Jun 16, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 271 (102nd) Authorizing the Go for Broke National Veterans Association to establish a memorial to Japanese American Veterans in the District of Columbia or its environs.Became law
- H.R. 5431 (102nd) To designate the Federal building located at 200 Federal Plaza in Paterson, New Jersey, as the "Robert A. Roe Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 2950 (102nd) Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 847 (103rd) To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan and design an extension of the National Air and Space Museum at Washington Dulles…Became law
- H.R. 3567 (103rd) John F. Kennedy Center Act Amendments of 1994Became law
- H.R. 2310 (100th) Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 2677 (103rd) To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct the West Court of the National Museum of Natural History…Became law
- H.R. 1345 (103rd) To designate the Federal building located at 280 South First Street in San Jose, California, as the "Robert F. Peckham United States Courthouse and the…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Mineta has won
Rep. Mineta has won 10 U.S. House elections (1976–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.0 to 39.5 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 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.