Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Barbara F. Vucanovich
Barbara Vucanovich was a Republican U.S. representative from Nevada, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 7 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. 2366 To repeal an unnecessary medical device reporting requirement.Oct 2, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-224.
- H.R. 3517 Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1997Sep 16, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-196.
- H.R. 2135 To provide for the correction of boundaries of certain lands in Clark County, Nevada, acquired by persons who purchased such lands in good faith reliance on…Sep 6, 1996 · Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.
- H.R. 2122 To designate the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest in the States of California and Nevada to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other…Sep 6, 1996 · Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.
- H.R. 3971 Walker River Basin Conservation and Stabilization Act of 1996Aug 13, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 394 (104th) To amend title 4 of the United States Code to limit State taxation of certain pension income.Became law
- H.R. 1485 (101st) Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 1817 (104th) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1996Became law
- H.R. 395 (104th) To designate the United States courthouse and Federal building to be constructed at the southeastern corner of Liberty and South Virginia Streets in Reno…Became law
- H.J.Res. 530 (100th) A joint resolution designating May 1988 as "Take Pride in America Month".Became law
- H.R. 4097 (100th) A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer a certain parcel of land in Clark County, Nevada.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Vucanovich has won
Rep. Vucanovich has won 7 U.S. House elections (1982–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.6 to 45.4 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 30 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 30 | 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 | 8 | See the 8 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 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.