Rep. Lois Capps

District	California 23rd
Key Coastal Communities	Santa Barbara
Party	Democratic
Terms	8th
Committees	Natural Resources, Energy & Commerce
Caucuses	House Oceans Caucus & House Coastal Caucus
Quote from Website	Like many environmentalists, I believe that environmental protection and healthy natural resources, like clean air and water, are essential parts of long-term economic growth. That’s why I have long fought to prevent more potentially disastrous oil drilling off our coast. […]And I have consistently supported policies to keep our oceans and coasts strong and healthy.
Websites	capps.house.gov, www.loiscapps.org
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Leadership: Congresswoman Capps has been a strong and dedicated champion on a broad range of ocean issues. She has cosponsored bills protecting sharks and coral, as well as sea otters, salmon and marine turtles. In the 111th Congress alone, she sponsored and passed legislation to protect sensitive coastal and estuarine areas, as well as a bill to establish a national integrated ocean and coastal observing system. She also cosponsored the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act, which passed the House, and co-led (with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse) a successful effort to establish an independent commission to investigate the BP oil spill in the Gulf. Congresswoman Capps is a passionate supporter of the National Marine Sanctuary Program, and supports fisheries conservation and management.  Read more about Rep. Capps commitment to the environment.

Rep. Capps is a sponsor of:

• H.R. 1597 (California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act of 2011)
• H.R. 5459 (Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendment of 2010)
• H.R. 5481 (To give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010)
• H.R. 6017 (Gulf Coast Health Monitoring and Research Program Act of 2010)
• H.R. 368 (Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act of 2009)
• H.R. 367 (Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009)
• H.R. 1690 (Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2009)
• H.R. 1905 (Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2009)
• H.R. 1906 (California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act of 2009)
• H.R. 2323 (Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2009)
• H.R. 3644 (Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act of 2009)

Rep. Capps cosponsors the following legislation:

• H.R. 492 (Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2011)
• H.R. 594 (Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2011)
• H.R. 601 (End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2011)
• H.R. 1689 (Big Oil Welfare Repeal Act of 2011)
• H.R. 5214 (Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2010)
• H.R. 5358 (Florida Coast Protection Act of 2010)
• H.R. 5513 (Spilled Oil Royalty Collection Act of 2010)
• H.R. 5520 (Oil Spill Resposibility Act of 2010)
• H.R. 21 ("Oceans-21" of 2009 )
• H.R. 81 (Shark Conservation Act of 2009)
• H.R. 204 (Northern California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act 2009)
• H.R. 223 (Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act 2009)
• H.R. 365 (Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act 2009)
• H.R. 366 (Ocean Research and Exploration Enhancement Act of 2009)
• H.R. 509 (Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2009)
• H.R. 556 (Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act of 2009)
• H.R. 860 (Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009)
• H.R. 1080 (Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2009)
• H.R. 1310 (Clean Water Protection Act 2009)
• H.R. 1926 (Global Warming Education Act of 2009)
• H.R. 2055 (Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009)
• H.R. 2192 (Climate Change Safeguards for Natural Resources Conservation Act 2009)
• H.R. 2685 (Climate and Ocean Research and Coordination Act of 2009)
• H.R. 3650 (Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2009)
• H.R. 3888 (Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2009)
• H.R. 4493 (Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Management Enhancement Act of 2010)