Former U.S. Representative

Sherwood BoehlertNo longer serving

District NY‑24 Party Republican In office 1983–2007

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

848

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

8,504

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

237

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

57 bills introduced

Across 3 Congresses, most in the 108th at 23. In the 109th, 17 — 1 more than the median representative, who filed 16. Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every member, never get a vote.

Bills introduced, against the typical representative 107th to 109th

median for the chamber, that Congress

Biography

A Representative from New York. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N. Y. , September 28, 1936. Graduated from Whitesboro High School, Whitesboro, N. Y. , 1954. B. A. , Utica College, Utica, N. Y. , 1961. United States Army, 1956-1958. Staff for United States Representative Alexander Pirnie of New York, 1964-1979. Elected, county executive, Oneida County, N. Y. , 1979-1982. Delegate, New York state Republican convention, 1980. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1980. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 2007). Chair, Committee on Science (One Hundred Seventh through One Hundred Ninth Congresses). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006. Died on September 20, 2021, in New Hartford, N. Y. Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Whitesboro, N. Y.

Focus

Drawn from the 57 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 57.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 5488	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Jul 1, 1992
HR 5488	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Jul 1, 1992
HR 5488	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Jul 1, 1992
HR 5488	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Jul 1, 1992
HR 5488	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Jul 1, 1992
HR 5488	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Jul 1, 1992
HRES 505	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Jul 1, 1992
S 1306	On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Jul 1, 1992

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 1674	Tsunami Warning and Education Act	Became Public Law No: 109-424.	Dec 20, 2006
HCONRES 343	Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.	Received in the Senate.	Dec 8, 2006
HR 5787	Minimum Wage Competitiveness Act of 2006	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.	Sep 19, 2006
HR 4962	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Pitcher Street in Utica, New York, as the "Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building".	Became Public Law No: 109-275.	Aug 17, 2006
HR 5679	United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.	Jul 18, 2006
HRES 753	Commending American craft brewers.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Jun 6, 2006
HR 5078	Department of Environmental Protection Act	Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.	Apr 4, 2006
HCONRES 324	Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a technical correction in the enrollment of S. 1281.	Message on Senate action sent to the House.	Dec 22, 2005

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HR 6421	Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Dec 8, 2006
HR 5704	Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2006	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Dec 5, 2006
HR 6193	EAT Healthy America Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.	Sep 29, 2006
HR 6203	Alternative Energy Research and Development Act	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.	Sep 27, 2006
HCONRES 484	Commending The New York Institute for Special Education for providing excellent education for students with blindness and visual disabilities for 175 years, and for broadening its mission to provide the same quality education to students with emotional and learning disabilities.	Received in the Senate.	Sep 27, 2006
HR 6136	Margaret Thatcher Congressional Gold Medal Act	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.	Sep 25, 2006
HR 6135	Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2006	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Sep 21, 2006
HR 5472	National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2006	Received in the Senate.	Sep 21, 2006

Sections of the Congressional Record in which this member spoke or entered a written statement, as the Government Publishing Office tags them; floor business such as amendment texts is left out. Each links to the official Record.

Date	Record section	Where
Dec 8, 2006	The Introduction of Compromise Legislation to Fully Implement the Legal Obligations of the United States of America Under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Pops, the...	Written statement
Dec 7, 2006	Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities	House floor
Dec 6, 2006	Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006	House floor
Dec 6, 2006	Tsunami Warning and Education Act	House floor
Dec 5, 2006	Max Mayfield Retirement	Written statement
Nov 14, 2006	Expressing Sense of House with Respect to Raising Awareness and Enhancing the State of Computer Security	House floor
Sep 29, 2006	Alternative Energy Research and Development Act	House floor
Sep 29, 2006	Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006	House floor

Committees

Current committees first, each with its role and years, and the subcommittees held now beneath it. Full history opens every role with its date and official record, and earlier subcommittee seats.

Earlier committees

Transportation and Infrastructure CommitteeMember2001–2007

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Member	Jan 6, 2001 to Jan 3, 2007	H.Res. 19 · End of the 109th Congress
Water Resources and Environment	Member	Listed Mar 2001 to Sep 2006	Hearing, Mar 2001
Highways, Transit and Pipelines	Member	Listed Sep 2001 to Sep 2006	Congressional Directory, Oct 2002
Railroads	Member	Listed Sep 2001 to Jul 2006	Congressional Directory, Oct 2002

Science, Space, and Technology CommitteeChair2001–2007

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Science, Space, and Technology Committee	Chair	By Jun 20, 2003 to Jan 3, 2007	Congressional Directory, Jul 2003 · End of the 109th Congress
	Chair	Jan 6, 2001 to Jan 3, 2003	H.Res. 19 · End of the 107th Congress
Research	Member	Listed Jul 2003 to Dec 2006	Hearing, Jul 2003
Space and Aeronautics	Member	Listed Jul 2003 to Dec 2006	Hearing, Jul 2003
Environment, Technology, and Standards	Member	Listed May 2006 to Dec 2006	Hearing, May 2006
Energy	Member	Listed Jul 2003 to Dec 2006	Hearing, Jul 2003
Research	Member	Listed May 2003 to Jun 2003	Hearing, May 2003
Space and Aeronautics	Member	Listed Feb 2003 to Jun 2003	Hearing, Feb 2003
Energy	Member	Listed Jun 2003 to Jun 2003	Hearing, Jun 2003

Intelligence (Permanent Select) CommitteeMember2001–2005

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee	Member	By Jun 20, 2003 to Jan 3, 2005	Congressional Directory, Jul 2003 · End of the 108th Congress
	Member	Jan 30, 2001 to Jan 3, 2003	Congressional Record, H77 · End of the 107th Congress
Technical and Tactical Intelligence	Member	Listed Jun 2003 to Jun 2003	Congressional Directory, Aug 2004
Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence	Member	Listed Jun 2003 to Jun 2003	Congressional Directory, Aug 2004

Homeland Security CommitteeMember2003–2005

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Homeland Security Committee	Member	Feb 12, 2003 to Jan 3, 2005	Congressional Record, H407 · End of the 108th Congress
Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development	Member	Listed Jun 2003 to Jun 2003	Congressional Directory, Aug 2004

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.