Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Tom Rice
Tom Rice was a Republican U.S. representative from South Carolina, first elected to Congress in 2013, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (113th–117th 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. 5343 FEMA Caseworker Accountability ActDec 15, 2022 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 6375 COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act of 2022Nov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.R. 4578 Relief for Seasonal Businesses Act of 2021Nov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- H.Res. 1283 Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to the House of Representatives a copy of the Internal Revenue Service Small Business/Self…Sep 28, 2022 · Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 130.
- H.R. 7895 Combating Excessive Student Debt Act of 2022May 27, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1551 (115th) Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization ActBecame law
- H.R. 264 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown, South Carolina, as the "Joseph Hayne Rainey…Became law
- H.R. 5879 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities.Reported from committee
- H.R. 3226 (113th) To remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System certain properties in South Carolina.Reported from committee
- H.R. 3227 (113th) To remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System certain properties in South Carolina.Reported from committee
- H.Res. 442 (113th) Directing the House of Representatives to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain policies and actions taken by the…119 cosponsors
- H.R. 4056 (116th) Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 201965 cosponsors
- H.R. 1179 (115th) Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act65 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Rice has won
Rep. Rice has won 5 U.S. House elections (2012–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.1 to 23.7 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 South Carolina’s 7th district done while Rep. Rice served?
2013 to 2022 in SC-7: typical household income was up 9% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 4.8 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 6.2 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 South Carolina’s 7th district during Rice’s time representing it (2013 to 2023). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. SC-7 was redrawn in 2012 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Rice’s term so far (2013 to 2022) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 32 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 32 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 31 | See the 31 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th 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.