Jim Courter

Jim Courter

Republican · NE-12 · House of Representatives

47 years in office

Quylt Score

405
Primary Score
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Party Line

Score Breakdown

Legislative Output35% of score
Laws Enacted1 bill signed into law
3015%
Bills Advanced12 of 133 bills out of committee
4512%
Federal Funding Secured$3437750M in federal obligations in district (119th Congress)
1008%
Engagement20% of score
Roll Call Attendance0 of 40 votes (0.0%)
015%
Committee Hearing ParticipationCommittee assignments not yet available
205%
Collaboration15% of score
Bipartisan Cosponsoring10 of 20 cosponsored bills cross-party
8310%
Cross-Aisle Co-Authored Bills10 of 15 sponsored bills have cross-party cosponsors
1005%
Position & Influence20% of score
Leadership RoleNo leadership role
010%
Committee SeniorityNo committee assignments
1010%
Qualifications & Integrity10% of score
Education & CredentialsJD (Law) · law practice
955%
Ethics RecordNo formal ethics violations on record
505%

Last updated: April 30, 2026

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Sponsored Legislation (134)

HR 5982A bill to amend the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to certain deportable aliens.

Introduced 1979-11-28 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Immigration

HJRES 411A joint resolution conferring United States citizenship posthumously on Rosinella Verdi.

Introduced 1979-09-28 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Immigration

HJRES 351A joint resolution to designate the year of 1979 as the "Food-for-Peace Year".

Introduced 1979-06-04 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Agriculture and Food

HCONRES 295A concurrent resolution to recognize the Centennial of Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, New Jersey.

Introduced 1980-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Armed Forces and National Security

HCONRES 261A concurrent resolution relative to rights of Ukrainian citizens.

Introduced 1980-01-28 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

International Affairs

HCONRES 146A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that James R. Schlesinger should resign as Secretary of Energy.

Introduced 1979-06-26 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.

Government Operations and Politics

Introduced 1982-12-03 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1982-12-08 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1982-07-22 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 192 - 225 (Record Vote No: 203).

Introduced 1981-12-09 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1981-07-16 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 416 - 0 (Record Vote No: 136).

HR 7124A bill to reform the insanity defense.

Introduced 1982-09-16 · Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HR 2983A bill authorizing supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 1981 for the Board of International Broadcasting.

Introduced 1981-04-02 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.

Science, Technology, Communications

HR 2105A bill to amend the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to certain deportable aliens.

Introduced 1981-02-25 · Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.

Immigration

HJRES 383A joint resolution to designate January 30, 1982, as "A National Day of Solidarity With the Polish People", and for other purposes.

Introduced 1982-01-26 · Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.

International Affairs

HJRES 190A joint resolution conferring United States citizenship posthumously on Rosinella Verdi.

Introduced 1981-02-25 · Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.

Immigration

Introduced 1983-10-19 · Amendment Withdrawn in Committee of the Whole.

Introduced 1983-10-19 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1983-09-29 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1983-07-26 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1983-07-21 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1983-07-26 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1983-05-04 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1983-04-21 ·

Introduced 1983-04-20 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

HR 4246A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to furnish certain address lists to the Bureau of the Census.

Introduced 1983-10-28 · Referred to Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 4005Department of Defense Procurement Procedures Act of 1983

Introduced 1983-09-28 · Referred to Subcommittee on Investigations.

Armed Forces and National Security

HR 3963A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to authorize the United States Postal Service to furnish certain lists of addresses to the Bureau of the Census.

Introduced 1983-09-22 · Referred to Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 3734A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the number of public holidays which may be established by Federal statute or executive order.

Introduced 1983-08-02 · Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 3106Operational Testing and Evaluation Act of 1983

Introduced 1983-05-24 · Referred to Subcommittee on Investigations.

Armed Forces and National Security

Introduced 1986-08-13 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1986-08-13 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 124 - 293 (Record Vote No: 340).

Introduced 1986-08-05 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 157 - 251 (Record Vote No: 282).

Introduced 1986-08-05 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 164 - 245 (Record Vote No: 284).

Introduced 1986-08-05 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1985-07-10 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1985-06-27 · Point of Order Sustained Against Amendment in Committee of the Whole.

Introduced 1985-06-21 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1985-06-26 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 189 - 232 (Record Vote No: 193).

Introduced 1985-06-18 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 182 - 234 (Record Vote No: 168).

Introduced 1985-06-25 · Amendment Passed (Amended) in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 416 - 0 (Record Vote No: 186).

Introduced 1985-06-20 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 104 - 315 (Record Vote No: 178).

Introduced 1985-05-08 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

HR 4068A bill to abolish the Defense Logistics Agency and the Defense Contract Audit Agency.

Introduced 1986-01-29 · Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 2520A bill to deny most-favored-nation trading status to Afghanistan.

Introduced 1985-05-15 · Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 1552Department of Defense Competitive Procurement Act of 1985

Introduced 1985-03-19 · Referred to Subcommittee on Investigations.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 1111A bill to incorporate the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.

Introduced 1985-02-19 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Government Operations and Politics

HCONRES 199A concurrent resolution asking that the President bring the rights of the Polish people to the attention of Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev.

Introduced 1985-09-26 · Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.

International Affairs

HCONRES 81A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the situation in Nicaragua.

Introduced 1985-03-07 · Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.

International Affairs

Introduced 1987-10-21 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 185 - 231 (Record Vote No: 370).

Introduced 1987-06-16 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 142 - 272 (Record Vote No: 180).

Introduced 1987-05-12 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 121 - 297 (Record Vote No: 113).

HR 5382Civil Rights Enforcement Act of 1988

Introduced 1988-09-26 · Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

HR 4454Recycling Act of 1988

Introduced 1988-04-26 · Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.

Environmental Protection

HR 1851A bill to direct the President to provide to Congress the entire negotiating record of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972.

Introduced 1987-03-30 · Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.

International Affairs

HR 1850A bill to establish deployment objectives for components of the Strategic Defense Initiative Program.

Introduced 1987-03-30 · Referred to Subcommittee on Research and Development.

Armed Forces and National Security

HR 1724A bill to require the President to submit to Congress annual reports on the proceedings of the Standing Consultative Commission established under the ABM Treaty of 1972.

Introduced 1987-03-19 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Arms Control and Disarm Agency.

International Affairs

HCONRES 145A concurrent resolution on the Persian Gulf situation.

Introduced 1987-06-23 · Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

International Affairs

HCONRES 109A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the construction of a new chancery building in Moscow.

Introduced 1987-04-23 · Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

International Affairs

HR 5414Safe Senior Citizens Housing Act of 1990

Introduced 1990-07-31 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.

Housing and Community Development

HR 5159Senior Citizens Fire Safety Act of 1990

Introduced 1990-06-26 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 4678To suspend for a 5-year period the duty on Dithiobisbenzanilide.

Introduced 1990-04-30 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 4182To temporarily suspend the duty on isophorone diisocyanate and trimethyl hexamethylene diisocyanate.

Introduced 1990-03-06 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 3571Morris and Delaware and Raritan Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1989

Introduced 1989-11-01 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 3579To express the sense of Congress with respect to the use of certain facilities at Earle Naval Weapons Center, Leonardo, New Jersey.

Introduced 1989-11-02 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Development.

Armed Forces and National Security

HR 3495Senior Citizens Safety Act of 1989

Introduced 1989-10-19 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 3494Secure Senior Citizens Housing Act of 1989

Introduced 1989-10-19 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.

Housing and Community Development

HR 3415To amend title 49 of the United States Code relating to preemption of excessive State registration requirements for motor carriers.

Introduced 1989-10-05 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.

Transportation and Public Works

HR 3162Alternative Juvenile Incarceration Act of 1989

Introduced 1989-08-04 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HR 3032Recycling Act of 1989

Introduced 1989-07-27 · Executive Comment Requested from OPM, HHS, DOE, Labor, and Commerce.

Environmental Protection

HR 2941Civil Rights Enforcement Act of 1989

Introduced 1989-07-20 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

HR 2516Homebuyer Savings Incentive Act

Introduced 1989-05-31 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 1888To suspend temporarily the duty on mono- and dibenzyl toluenes.

Introduced 1989-04-13 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 1892To suspend temporarily the duty on Tertiary-Butylchloride.

Introduced 1989-04-13 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 1889To suspend temporarily the duty on hexychlorobutadiene.

Introduced 1989-04-13 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 1891To suspend temporarily the duty on p-Toluic acid.

Introduced 1989-04-13 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 1893To suspend temporarily the duty on hexychloride.

Introduced 1989-04-13 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 1890To suspend temporarily the duty on 2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-4-piperidinon and amino hydroxy- and imido derivatives.

Introduced 1989-04-13 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 1239Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1989

Introduced 1989-03-02 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HR 1144Motor Vehicle Insurance Consumer Protection Act of 1989

Introduced 1989-02-28 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.

Commerce

HR 722To impose a 10-year moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas off the coast of New Jersey.

Introduced 1989-01-31 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.

Energy