Representative · Florida's 12th district

Gus M. Bilirakis

Gus M. Bilirakis is a Republican representative for Florida's 12th district, in Congress since 2007. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 15, and cast 454 of 462 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 4, 2007
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	2.2%15 of 675 · rank 180 of 439	98%454 of 462 · rank 225 of 439	360 became law	26%91 of 349
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,223	5.1%62 of 1,223 · rank 94 of 442	97%795 of 819 · rank 235 of 442	333 became law	27%113 of 422
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.7%7 of 997 · rank 276 of 443	96%544 of 567 · rank 333 of 443	300 became law	43%168 of 393

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.42+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–216· Against party
H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 164–268· Against party
H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Nay
Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 194–236· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–306· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 140–286· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Florida's 12th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $50M
Per resident: $60.78
Rank in Florida: 28 of 28
Contract actions: 1,704; New awards: 1,188

By fiscal year

59.3MFY2017
76.2MFY2018
82.1MFY2019
51.4MFY2020
63.2MFY2021
64.8MFY2022
108.3MFY2023
156.7MFY2024
131.3MFY2025
50MFY2026

Top buyers

Defense Logistics Agency$41.3M83%
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy$6.1M12%
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force$4.5M9.0%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$4.2M8.4%
Department of the Army$2.6M5.2%
Department of Defense
Department of State$1.2M2.5%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$987.2K2.0%
Department of the Interior
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$146.8K0.3%
Department of Homeland Security

Top recipients

HARTECH GROUP LLC$24.8M50%
4 awards
VC DISPLAYS, INC.$10.7M21%
440 awards
PALL AEROPOWER CORPORATION$6.4M13%
146 awards
BC TECHNICAL CENTER, LLC$3.6M7.3%
19 awards
MANZI METALS INC$2.2M4.5%
197 awards
ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES INC$2.2M4.4%
61 awards
MYSTIC SPEAR, LLC$1.9M3.8%
1 award
AJ'S POWER SOURCE, INC.$1.7M3.3%
13 awards
FCN, INC.$1.1M2.2%
1 award
GUARDIAN DB SERVICES,LLC$884.7K1.8%
1 award

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1.6M; through Jul 29, 2026
Cash on hand: $554.1K
From committees: $937.7K; 281 committees
From contractor PACs: $267.4K; 70 PACs · 29% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$11.9K	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0
pfizer inc.pfizer inc. pac	$10K	PFIZER INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	-$140.2K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
laboratory corporation of america holdings political participation committeelaboratory corporation of america holdings political participation committee	$10K	LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGSAI match · 99% · of one corporate family	$23.4K
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac	$10K	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$6.6M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee	$10K	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$130.5K
johnson & johnsonjohnson & johnson political action committee	$8,500	JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	—
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$8,500	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
american psychiatric associationamerican psychiatric association political action committee	$8,500	AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$645K
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal	$8,000	COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$453.1K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.6M	$937.7K	$267.4K70 PACs · 29% of committee money
2024	$1.8M	$1.1M	$273.5K73 PACs · 25% of committee money
2022	$2M	$1M	$274K71 PACs · 27% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Florida's 12th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Florida's 12th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Florida's 12th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Florida's 12th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Florida's 12th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · Florida's 12th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
House · Florida's 12th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
House · Florida's 9th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
House · Florida's 9th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
House · Florida's 9th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: bilirakis.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5755
Office: 2306 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.