The Congress and Scouting

For the past 15 Congresses, the Boy Scouts of America has surveyed the members of the House and Senate regarding their participation in Scouting. The External Communications Division compiled the following information concerning the 106th Congress, 1st Session.

More than 50 percent of congressional members participated in Scouting.

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Summary—Breakdown of the 106th Congress Scouting Survey

	Senators	Representatives	Total
Scout	54	173	227
Scout and leader	10	31	41
Leader	2	5	7
GRAND TOTAL	66	209	275

Eagle Scouts and Special Recognitions

	Senators	Representatives	Total
Eagle Scout	7	16	23
Silver Beaver Award	1	4	5
GRAND TOTAL	8	20	28

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Eagle Scouts Senators Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico (D) Thad Cochran, Mississippi (R) Michael Crapo, Idaho (R) Michael B. Enzi, Wyoming (R) Richard G. Lugar, Indiana (R) Jeff Sessions, Alabama (R) Gordon Smith, Oregon (R) Representatives Gary L. Ackerman, New York (D) Sanford Bishop, Georgia (D) Merrill Cook, Utah (R) Richard A. Gephardt, Missouri (D) J.D. Hayworth, Arizona (R) David McIntosh, Indiana (R) John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania (D) Edward A. Pease, Indiana (R) Rob Portmann, Ohio (R) Dana Rohrabacher, California (R) Mark Sanford Jr., South Carolina (R) Pete Sessions, Texas (R) Ike Skelton, Missouri (D) Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey (R) Bart Stupak, Michigan (D) Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania (R)

Silver Beaver Award Senator George Voinovich, Ohio (R) Representatives Bob Etheridge, North Carolina (D) William F. Goodling, Pennsylvania (R) Ike Skelton, Missouri (D) Floyd Spence, South Carolina (R)

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Scouting Participation

Scout denoted by "S"; adult volunteer leader denoted by "L"; Scout and leader denoted by "SL."

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions (R), S Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R), S Rep. Spencer Bachus (R), S Rep. Robert E. Cramer Jr. (D), S Alaska Sen. Frank H. Murkowski (R), S Sen. Theodore F. Stevens (R), SL Arizona Sen. Jon L. Kyl (R), S Sen. John S. McCain (R), SL Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R), S Rep. Matt Salmon (R), S Rep. John Shadegg (R), S Arkansas Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R), S Rep. Marion Berry (D), S Rep. Jay Dickey (R), S Rep. Vic Snyder (D), S California Rep. Howard L. Berman (D), S Rep. Ken Calvert (R), S Rep. C. Christopher Cox (R), S Rep. Julian C. Dixon (D), S Rep. David Dreier (R), S Rep. Sam Farr (D), S Rep. Robert Filner (D), S Rep. Wally Herger (R), S Rep. Duncan Hunter (R), S Rep. Tom Lantos (D), S Rep. Jerry Lewis (R), S Rep. Matthew G. Martinez (D), S Rep. Robert T. Matsui (D), S Rep. Howard McKeon (R), SL Rep. Gary Miller (R), S Rep. George Miller (D), S Rep. Doug Ose (R), S Rep. George Radanovich (R), S Rep. James E. Rogan (R), S Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R), S Rep. Edward Royce (R), S Rep. Fortney H. Stark (D), S Rep. William M. Thomas (R), S Rep. Mike Thompson (D), S Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D), S Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R), S Rep. Scott McInnis (R), S Rep. Mark Udall (D), S Connecticut Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D), S Sen. Joe Lieberman (D), S Rep. John B. Larson (D), S Delaware Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D), SL Sen. William V. Roth Jr. (R), L Florida Sen. Bob Graham (D), S Sen. Connie Mack III (R), SL Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R), SL Rep. Allen Boyd Jr. (D), S Rep. Jim Davis (D), S Rep. Peter Deutsch (D), S Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R), S Rep. Mark Foley (R), SL Rep. Bill McCollum (R), L Rep. John Mica (R), S Rep. Joe Scarborough (R), S Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R), S Rep. Cliff Stearns (R), S Rep. David Weldon (R), S Rep. Robert I. Wexler (D), S Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R), S Georgia Sen. Paul Coverdell (R), S Rep. Bob Barr (R), S Rep. Sanford Bishop (D), S Rep. Saxby Chambliss (R), S Rep. Charles Norwood (R), S Hawaii Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D), S Idaho Sen. Larry E. Craig (R), S Sen. Michael Crapo (R), S Rep. Mike Simpson (R), S Illinois Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D), S Rep. Philip M. Crane (R), S Rep. Danny Davis (D), L Rep. Lane A. Evans (D), S Rep. Don Manzullo (R), S Rep. John E. Porter (R), S Rep. Bobby Rush (D), S Rep. Jerry Weller (R), S Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh (D), S Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R), S Rep. Dan Burton (R), S Rep. Steve Buyer (R), S Rep. Baron Hill (D), S Rep. David McIntosh (R), S Rep. Edward A. Pease (R), SL Rep. Peter J. Visclosky (D), S Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R), S Rep. Jim Leach (R), S Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts (R), S Rep. Dennis Moore (D), S Rep. Jerry Moran (R), S Rep. Jim Ryun (R), S Kentucky Rep. Ron Lewis (R), S Rep. Harold Rogers (R), SL Rep. Ed Whitfield (R), S Louisiana Sen. John B. Breaux (D), S Rep. Richard H. Baker (R), SL Rep. John C. Cooksey (R), S Rep. Chris John (D), S Rep. Robert L. Livingston (R), SL Maine Rep. Thomas H. Allen (D), S Rep. John Baldacci (D), S Maryland Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes (D), S Rep. Albert Wynn (D), S Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (D), S Rep. Barney Frank (D), S Rep. Edward J. Markey (D), S Rep. James P. McGovern (D), S Rep. John Joseph Moakley (D), S Rep. John F. Tierney (D), S Michigan Rep. David E. Bonior (D), S Rep. Dave Camp (R), S Rep. John D. Dingell (D), SL Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D), L Rep. Nick Smith (R), S Rep. Bart Stupak (D), S Rep. Fred Upton (R), SL Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone (D), S Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R), S Rep. David Minge (D), S Rep. James L. Oberstar (D), S Rep. Jim Ramstad (R), S Rep. Bruce F. Vento (D), L Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran (R), SL Sen. Trent Lott (R), S Rep. Bennie Thompson (D), S Rep. Roger Wicker (R), S Missouri Sen. John Ashcroft (R), S Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R), S Rep. William L. Clay (D), S Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D), SL Rep. Kenny C. Hulshof (R), S Montana Sen. Max Baucus (D), S Rep. Rick A. Hill (R), S

Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (R), S Rep. Bill Barrett (R), S Rep. Doug Bereuter (R), S Nevada Sen. Richard Bryan (D), S Sen. Harry M. Reid (D), L New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg (R), S Sen. Robert C. Smith (R), S Rep. John E. Sununu (R), S New Jersey Rep. Rush Holt (D), SL Rep. Donald M. Payne (D), S Rep. Steven R. Rothman (D), S Rep. H. James Saxton (R), SL Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R), S New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D), S Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R), S Rep. Joe Skeen (R), SL New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D), S Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D), S Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D), SL Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert (R), SL Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D), S Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman (R), S Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D), S Rep. Rick Lazio (R), S Rep. John McHugh (R), S Rep. Michael McNulty (D), S Rep. Jack Quinn (R), S Rep. Edolphus Towns (D), L North Carolina Sen. John Edwards (D), S Sen. Jesse Helms (R), S Rep. Cass Ballenger (R), S Rep. Howard Coble (R), S Rep. Bob Etheridge (D), S Rep. Robin Hayes (R), SL Rep. Mike McIntyre (D), SL Rep. Charles H. Taylor (R), S North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad (D), S Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D), S Ohio Sen. Mike DeWine (R), S Sen. George Voinovich (R), S Rep. Sherrod Brown (D), S Rep. Steve Chabot (R), S Rep. Paul E. Gillmor (R), S Rep. Tony P. Hall (D), S Rep. John R. Kasich (R), S Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D), S Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R), SL Rep. Michael G. Oxley (R), S Rep. Rob Portman (R), S Rep. Thomas C. Sawyer (D), S Oklahoma Sen. James M. Inhofe (R), S Sen. Don Nickles (R), S Rep. Ernest Jim Istook (R), S Rep. Steve Largent (R), S Rep. Frank Lucas (R), S Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith (R), S Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D), S Rep. Peter DeFazio (R), S Pennsylvania Rep. William J. Coyne (D), S Rep. Michael Doyle (D), S Rep. Chaka Fattah (D), S Rep. George W. Gekas (R), SL Rep. William F. Goodling (R), SL Rep. Jim Greenwood (R), S Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski (D), SL Rep. Joseph M. McDade (R), S Rep. John P. Murtha (D), SL Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R), S Rep. E.G. Shuster (R), S Rep. Pat Toomey (R). S Rep. Curt Weldon (R), SL Rhode Island Sen. John H. Chafee (R), SL Sen. Jack Reed (D), S Rep. Robert A. Weygand (D), S South Carolina Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D), S Sen. Strom Thurmond (R), SL Rep. James Clyburn (D), S Rep. Mark Sanford Jr. (R), S Rep. Floyd Spence (R), SL Rep. John M. Spratt Jr. (D), S South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson (D), S Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist (R), S Sen. Fred Thompson (R), S Rep. Ed Bryant (R), S Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. (R), SL Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr. (D), S Rep. Bart Gordon (D), S Rep. Van Hilleary (R), S Rep. William L. Jenkins (R), S Rep. John S. Tanner (D), S Rep. Zach Wamp (R), S Texas Sen. Phil Gramm (R), S Rep. Bill Archer (R), S Rep. Richard Armey (R), S Rep. Joe Barton (R), SL Rep. Kevin P. Brady (R), S Rep. Tom DeLay (R), S Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D), S Rep. Chet Edwards (D), S Rep. Martin Frost (D), S Rep. Sam Johnson (R), S Rep. Nicholas V. Lampson (D), S Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (D), SL Rep. Ron E. Paul (R), S Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D), S Rep. Max A. Sandlin (D), S Rep. Pete Sessions (R), SL Rep. Charles W. Stenholm (D), S Rep. Jim Turner (D), S Utah Sen. Robert Bennett (R), S Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R), SL Rep. Merrill Cook (R), S Rep. James V. Hansen (R), SL Vermont Sen. James M. Jeffords (R), SL Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D), SL Virginia Sen. John W. Warner (R), S Rep. Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R), SL Rep. Frederick C. Boucher (D), S Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R), S Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. (D), S Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R), S Rep. Robert C. Scott (D), S Washington Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D), S Rep. Richard "Doc" Hastings (R), S Rep. Jack Metcalf (R), S Rep. George Nethercutt (R), S Rep. Adam Smith (D), S West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D), S Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D), S Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (D), S Rep. Robert E. Wise Jr. (D), SL Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold (D), S Rep. Thomas Barrett (D), S Rep. Mark Green (R), S Rep. Thomas E. Petri (R), S Wyoming Sen. Michael B. Enzi (R), S Sen. Craig Thomas (R), S Guam Rep. Robert Underwood (D), S