Bernard James Dwyer (January 24, 1921 – October 31, 1998) was an American politician who served as a United States representative from New Jersey from 1981 to 1993.

His political career began when he successfully ran for a seat on the Edison, New Jersey city council, serving 1958–1969.

Dwyer was the last member of Congress who was also a survivor of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, when he retired in 1992.

Redistricting after the 1990 Census had merged his district with that of fellow Democrat Frank Pallone.

They include congressional office files consisting chiefly of documentation accumulated while he was a member of the United States House Committee on Appropriations.