Burt L. Talcott

Burt L. Talcott

Republican · CA-16 · House of Representatives

63 years in office

Quylt Score

232
Primary Score
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Party Line

Score Breakdown

Legislative Output35% of score
Laws Enacted0 bills signed into law
515%
Bills Advanced2 of 181 bills out of committee
612%
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 Cosponsoring8 of 20 cosponsored bills cross-party
6710%
Cross-Aisle Co-Authored Bills0 of 15 sponsored bills have cross-party cosponsors
05%
Position & Influence20% of score
Leadership RoleNo leadership role
010%
Committee SeniorityNo committee assignments
1010%
Qualifications & Integrity10% of score
Education & CredentialsNo degree listed · military
505%
Ethics RecordNo formal ethics violations on record
505%

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Sponsored Legislation (181)

HR 17562A bill for the relief of Raymond Charles Wiggins.

Introduced 1974-12-03 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 17308A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

Introduced 1974-10-11 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.

Environmental Protection

HR 17345A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

Introduced 1974-10-11 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.

Environmental Protection

HR 17110Foreign Investment Control Act

Introduced 1974-10-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 15900A bill for the relief of Cheryl Lynn V. Camacho.

Introduced 1974-07-11 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 14790Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1974-05-14 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 13228Emergency Gasoline Tax Reduction Act

Introduced 1974-03-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Gasoline

HR 13227A bill for the relief of certain natives of the Philippines who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.

Introduced 1974-03-05 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

International Affairs

HR 12149A bill for the relief of Maria del Refugio Cardenas-Sifuentes.

Introduced 1973-12-21 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 11936A bill for the relief of Maria Gilda Jiminez-Alcala.

Introduced 1973-12-12 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 10575Fair Labor Standards Amendments

Introduced 1973-09-26 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Labor and Employment

HR 9857Senior Citizens' Transportation Act

Introduced 1973-08-02 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Transportation and Public Works

HR 9522A bill to abolish the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries established by section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1973-07-24 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 7672Individual Retirement Benefits Act

Introduced 1973-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

HR 7516A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish orderly procedures for the consideration of applications for renewal of broadcast licenses.

Introduced 1973-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 7524A bill to impose import limitations on prepared or preserved strawberries and paste and pulp of strawberries.

Introduced 1973-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 7515A bill to amend the Act of June 15, 1912, to permit an exchange of lands in the State of California.

Introduced 1973-05-03 · Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept 93-1498.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 7513Consumer Agricultural Protection Act

Introduced 1973-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Commerce

HR 7509Uniformed Services Retired and Retainer Pay Equalization Act

Introduced 1973-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Forces and National Security

HR 7512Child Nutrition Act

Introduced 1973-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Child welfare

HR 7514A bill to designate certain lands in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., as the "Lopez Canyon Wilderness", and to establish the Lopez Canyon Scenic Area.

Introduced 1973-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 7518Tax Sharing for Education Act

Introduced 1973-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Education

HR 7510Employee Strike Vote Act

Introduced 1973-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Labor and Employment

HR 3862Consumer Agricultural Protection Act

Introduced 1973-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

HR 3864A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to liberalize the provisions relating to payment of disability and death pension.

Introduced 1973-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Armed Forces and National Security

HR 3043For the relief of Mrs. Nguong Thi Tran (formerly Nguyen Thi Nguong A13707-473D/3).

Introduced 1973-01-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 3042To convey real property of the United States in California to Serra Oaks, Incorporated.

Introduced 1973-01-26 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.

Private Legislation

HR 1453Interstate Sales and Use Tax Act

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Taxation

HR 1427A bill to provide grants to States or political subdivisions thereof or to certain other persons to assist the restoration of historical cemeteries or burial plots.

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1431A bill to repeal the lowest unit rate provisions of section 315(b) of the Communications Act of 1934.

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 1445Human Investment Act

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 1429A bill to provide for the arrest and punishment of violators of certain laws and regulations relating to the public lands.

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1435A bill to impose import limitations on prepared or preserved strawberries.

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 1439Tax Sharing for Education Act

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Education

HR 1437A bill to provide for the establishment of a Commission on Revision of Federal Taxation.

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 1452A bill to designate certain lands in the Pinnacles National Monument in California as wilderness.

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1425Employee Strike Vote Act

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Labor and Employment

HR 1430A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish orderly procedures for the consideration of applications for renewal of broadcast licenses.

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 1434Individual Retirement Benefits Act

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

HR 1424Child Nutrition Act

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Families

HR 1428A bill to amend the act of June 15, 1912 (37 Stat. 134), to permit an exchange of lands in the State of California.

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1432Marine Sanctuaries Study Act

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1448Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act

Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Commerce

HJRES 917Joint resolution to authorize the President to proclaim April 9, 1974, as "Bataan-Corregidor Day".

Introduced 1974-02-26 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Commemorations

HRES 951Resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to missing American newsmen in Southeast Asia.

Introduced 1974-03-05 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Vietnamese Conflict

HCONRES 294Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect the missing in action in Southeast Asia.

Introduced 1973-09-11 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Armed Forces and National Security

HR 15192A bill for the relief of Javier Jaramillo-Rizo.

Introduced 1976-08-10 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 15245A bill to amend the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 relating to periods of unemployment.

Introduced 1976-08-24 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.

Public works

HR 13936Regulatory Reform Act

Introduced 1976-05-20 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 13752Financial Assistance for Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Introduced 1976-05-12 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Education

HR 13568Consumer Communications Reform Act

Introduced 1976-05-05 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 12708A bill for the relief of David A. Savard.

Introduced 1976-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 11838Government in the Sunshine Act

Introduced 1976-02-10 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 11635A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to include agricultural laborers under the provisions of the act.

Introduced 1976-02-02 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Labor and Employment

HR 11195A bill to terminate age discrimination in employment.

Introduced 1975-12-16 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Social Welfare

HR 11021Labor Tax Credit Act

Introduced 1975-12-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 9832Fishing Vessels loan Assistance Act

Introduced 1975-09-24 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 9418A bill for the relief of Joseph C. Hutchinson.

Introduced 1975-09-05 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 8558A bill for the relief of Richard Goodell.

Introduced 1975-07-10 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 7209A bill to designate certain lands in the Pinnacles National Monument, Calif., as wilderness, to revise the boundaries of such monument.

Introduced 1975-05-21 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 7107A bill to increase the penalty for smuggling aliens into the United States.

Introduced 1975-05-19 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HR 7210A bill to designate certain lands in San Louis Obispo County, Calif., as the "Lopex Canyon Wilderness" and to establish Lopez Canyon Scenic Area.

Introduced 1975-05-21 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 7106A bill to increase the size of the U.S. Border Patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Introduced 1975-05-19 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Immigration

HR 4460Senior Citizens' Transportation Act

Introduced 1975-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.

Transportation and Public Works

HR 4459A bill to extend the boundaries of the Los Padres National Forest in California.

Introduced 1975-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 3698A bill to provide for paper money of the United States to carry a designation in braille indicating the denomination.

Introduced 1975-02-25 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.

Money

HR 2928Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments

Introduced 1975-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Power resources

HR 2860Interim Fisheries Zone Extension and Management Act

Introduced 1975-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 2859National Commission on Regulatory Reform Act

Introduced 1975-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 2757Foreign Investment Control Act

Introduced 1975-02-04 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Finance and Financial Sector

HR 2119A bill for the relief of Maria Gilda Haro.

Introduced 1975-01-23 · Private Law 94-13.

Private Legislation

HR 2118A bill for the relief of Cheryl Lynn V. Camacho.

Introduced 1975-01-23 · Private Law 94-67.

Private Legislation

HR 2058Child Nutrition Act

Introduced 1975-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

Nutrition

HR 1744A bill to provide for the establishment of the U.S. Academy of Foreign Affairs.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subsequently: International Relations).

International Affairs

HR 1747A bill to authorize an exchange of lands for an entrance road at Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 313 passed in lieu.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1739A bill to abolish the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Congress

HR 1751A bill to provide for the construction and maintenance of a fence near the international boundary between the United States and Mexico in the city of El Paso, Tex.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subsequently: International Relations).

Immigration

HR 1746A bill authorizing the extension of the American Canal at El Paso, Texas.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Canals

HR 1738A bill to repeal the lowest unit rate provisions of section 315(b) of the Communications Act of 1934.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 1737A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish orderly procedures for the consideration of applications for renewal of broadcast licenses.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Science, Technology, Communications

HR 1745A bill to remove the appropriation limitation for development of Chamizal National Memorial.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Monuments and memorials

HR 1749A bill to provide that the Administrator of the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce, be subject to Senate confirmation.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 1564A bill for the relief of Raymond Charles Wiggins.

Introduced 1975-01-16 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 1495A bill to require imported foodstuffs to meet standards required by the Federal Government for domestic foodstuffs.

Introduced 1975-01-15 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 1497A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

Introduced 1975-01-15 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.

Environmental Protection

HR 1088A bill to designate certain lands in the Pinnacles National Monument in California as wilderness.

Introduced 1975-01-16 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 1089A bill to amend the Act of June 15, 1912, to permit an exchange of lands in the State of California.

Introduced 1975-01-16 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HJRES 136Joint resolution in support of continued undiluted U.S. sovereignty and jurisdiction over the United States-owned Canal Zone on the Isthmus of Panama.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subsequently: International Relations).

International Affairs

HJRES 138Joint resolution to amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide for the designation of the 11th day of November of each year as Veterans Day.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Government Operations and Politics

HJRES 137Joint resolution designating the square dance as the national folk dance of the United States of America.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Rereferred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Arts

HCONRES 67Concurrent resolution relating to the U.S. fishing industry.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HCONRES 66Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the missing in action in Southeast Asia.

Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subsequently: International Relations).

Armed Forces and National Security