Thomas J. (Jerry) Huckaby

Thomas J. (Jerry) Huckaby

Democrat · LO-5 · House of Representatives

49 years in office

Quylt Score

442
Primary Score
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Party Line

Score Breakdown

Legislative Output35% of score
Laws Enacted5 bills signed into law
7415%
Bills Advanced10 of 85 bills out of committee
5912%
Federal Funding Secured$3432552M 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 Cosponsoring6 of 20 cosponsored bills cross-party
5010%
Cross-Aisle Co-Authored Bills5 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 & CredentialsMBA
705%
Ethics RecordNo formal ethics violations on record
505%

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Sponsored Legislation (85)

HR 6022A bill to establish the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge.

Introduced 1979-12-04 · Public Law 96-285.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 4718Forestry Loan Act of 1979

Introduced 1979-07-10 · Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 96-735.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 3107A bill to establish the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge.

Introduced 1979-03-20 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 3093A bill for the relief of Justo F. Cabral.

Introduced 1979-03-19 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 3049Forestry Loan Act of 1979

Introduced 1979-03-19 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 2690A bill to designate certain lands within the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana as wilderness, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1979-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 2199Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

Introduced 1979-02-15 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1276A bill for the relief of Arsenio F. Mesina, Jr.

Introduced 1979-01-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 13806Forestry Loan Act

Introduced 1978-08-09 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 11063A bill to study certain lands within the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana for potential designation as wilderness, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1978-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 3662A bill granting the consent of Congress to the Mississippi-Louisiana bridge construction compact.

Introduced 1977-02-17 · Public Law 95-35.

Transportation and Public Works

HR 3661A bill to repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968.

Introduced 1977-02-17 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Introduced 1982-05-26 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 83 - 339 (Record Vote No: 108).

Introduced 1981-10-21 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

HR 4047Wilderness Review Act of 1981

Introduced 1981-06-26 · Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 3449A bill for the relief of Simon Zunamon.

Introduced 1981-05-05 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

Private Legislation

HR 2840Nuclear Waste Policy Act

Introduced 1981-03-25 · For Further Action See H.R.3809.

Environmental Protection

HR 2497Forestry Loan Act of 1981

Introduced 1981-03-12 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1593A bill to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to limit the moving of the principal offices of district banks from certain cities.

Introduced 1981-02-03 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Farm Credit Admin.

Agriculture and Food

Introduced 1983-05-25 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

HR 5781A bill to provide for an adjustment in the area authorized for acquisition at the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana.

Introduced 1984-06-06 · Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 3385Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983

Introduced 1983-06-22 · Became Public Law No: 98-180.

Agriculture and Food

HR 1787Agricultural Marketing Incentive Act of 1983

Introduced 1983-03-02 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

Agriculture and Food

HR 5528Poverty Point National Monument Act

Introduced 1986-09-16 · Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 5356A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify cross compliance requirements for producers of extra long staple cotton.

Introduced 1986-08-07 · Referred to Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar.

Agriculture and Food

HR 5192Nuclear Power Emergency Response Data System Act of 1986

Introduced 1986-07-17 · House Committee on Energy and Commerce Discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Energy

HR 4405A bill to provide equitable treatment for state and local governments participating in the Food Stamp Program.

Introduced 1986-03-13 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

Agriculture and Food

HR 2536Cotton, Rice, and Sugar Act of 1985

Introduced 1985-05-16 · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

Agriculture and Food

HR 2393A bill to transfer certain land in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Introduced 1985-05-07 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1560Agricultural Export Act of 1985

Introduced 1985-03-19 · For Further Action See H.R.4800.

Agriculture and Food

HR 1313A bill entitled: the "Food for Progress Act".

Introduced 1985-02-27 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Introduced 1987-10-06 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1987-09-21 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

HR 4615Upland Cotton Optional Acreage Diversion Program Act of 1988

Introduced 1988-05-17 · Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.

Agriculture and Food

HR 3487Farm Program Payments Integrity Act of 1987

Introduced 1987-10-14 · Ordered to be Reported.

Agriculture and Food

HR 3430Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments Act of 1987

Introduced 1987-10-06 · For Further Action See H.J.Res.395.

Energy

HR 2971Uniform Cotton Classing Fees Act of 1987

Introduced 1987-07-20 · Became Public Law No: 100-108.

Agriculture and Food

HR 1622Cotton Research and Promotion Program Act of 1987

Introduced 1987-03-16 · Placed on Union Calendar No: 296.

Agriculture and Food

HR 1570Nuclear Power Emergency Response Data System Act of 1988

Introduced 1987-03-11 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Energy

HR 1571Medicare-Eligible Veterans Health Care Financial Assistance Act of 1987

Introduced 1987-03-11 · Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Social Welfare

HR 1253Rice Equity and Export Expansion Act of 1987

Introduced 1987-02-25 · Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 986A bill to provide for the acquisition, by the Farm Credit System Capital Corporation, of real estate assets of Federal land banks, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1987-02-04 · Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.

Agriculture and Food

HR 775Poverty Point National Monument Act

Introduced 1987-01-27 · Became Public Law No: 100-560.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 657A bill to provide equitable treatment for State and local governments participating in the Food Stamp Program.

Introduced 1987-01-21 · Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition.

Agriculture and Food

Introduced 1990-08-01 · On agreeing to the Huckaby amendment (A031) Agreed to by recorded vote: 375 - 45 (Roll no. 296).

Introduced 1990-07-24 · On agreeing to the Huckaby amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote.

Introduced 1990-07-24 · On agreeing to the Huckaby amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote.

Introduced 1989-09-13 · On agreeing to the Huckaby amendments (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.

HR 5772Jena Band of Choctaw Recognition Act

Introduced 1990-10-02 · Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Native Americans

HR 5405To establish the Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge.

Introduced 1990-07-30 · See H.R.3338.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 4388To establish price support programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of cotton, rice, and sugar.

Introduced 1990-03-27 · Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Agriculture and Food

HR 2142Biennial Budget Act

Introduced 1989-04-27 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative Process.

Economics and Public Finance

HR 5852To establish a 20 percent maximum broken kernel content limit for P.L. 480 rice shipments.

Introduced 1992-08-12 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

Agriculture and Food

HR 5764To amend the United States Warehouse Act to provide for the use of electronic cotton warehouse receipts.

Introduced 1992-08-04 · Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Gen. Leg.

Agriculture and Food

HR 5763To provide equitable relief to producers of sugarcane subject to proportionate shares.

Introduced 1992-08-04 · Became Public Law No: 102-535.

Agriculture and Food

HR 5719To designate the lock numbered 5 on the Red River Waterway in Louisiana as the "Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. Lock".

Introduced 1992-07-29 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.

Water Resources Development

HR 4258State Regulation and Management of Solid Waste Act of 1991

Introduced 1992-02-19 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.

Environmental Protection

HR 4257Farmers Home Administration Improvement Act of 1992

Introduced 1992-02-19 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development.

Agriculture and Food

HR 4110Tax Reform and Economic Recovery Act of 1992

Introduced 1992-01-24 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Taxation

HR 3607Jena Band of Choctaws of Louisiana Restoration Act

Introduced 1991-10-22 · Committee Hearings Held.

Native Americans

HR 2536Disaster Assistance Act of 1991

Introduced 1991-06-04 · For Further Action See H.R.2893.

Agriculture and Food

HR 2463Forests and Families Protection Act of 1991

Introduced 1991-05-23 · See H.R.4899.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1610Entitled "The Rice Fair Trade Act of 1991".

Introduced 1991-03-22 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.

Agriculture and Food

HJRES 526Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for direct popular election of the President and the Vice President.

Introduced 1992-07-09 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.

Government Operations and Politics