Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
William H. Zeliff Jr.
Bill Zeliff was a Republican U.S. representative from New Hampshire, first elected to Congress in 1991, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (102nd–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. 4017 Drug-Free Workplace and Public Safety Assurance Act of 1996Sep 20, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- H.R. 4016 Drug-Free Schools Reform Act of 1996Sep 6, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
- H.R. 3934 To provide protections against bundling of contract requirements in Federal procurement.Aug 29, 1996 · Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
- H.R. 3602 National Dam Safety Program Act of 1996Jun 20, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- H.R. 2255 Lamprey Wild and Scenic River ActJun 13, 1996 · For Further Action See H.R.2292.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1099 (102nd) Lamprey River Study Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 700 (104th) A to Z Spending Cuts Plan100 cosponsors
- H.R. 1658 (102nd) Operation Desert Storm Commemorative Coin Act97 cosponsors
- H.Res. 26 (103rd) To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit putting the question on final passage of any measure until copies of that measure have been…93 cosponsors
- H.R. 2359 (102nd) Economic Resurgence and Jobs for America Act74 cosponsors
- H.R. 1120 (104th) Employment Enhancement Reform Act37 cosponsors
- H.R. 4861 (103rd) Employment Enhancement Reform Act35 cosponsors
- H.R. 747 (103rd) To require the Secretary of Defense to modify the criteria used for the selection of military installations for closure and realignment under the Defense Base…16 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Zeliff has won
Rep. Zeliff has won 3 U.S. House elections (1990–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.5 to 36.9 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 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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 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.