Rep. Lois Capps

District California 23rd
Key Coastal Communities Santa Barbara
Party Democratic
Terms 7th
Committees Natural Resources, Energy & Commerce
Caucuses House Oceans Caucus & House Coastal Caucus
Websites www.house.gov/capps, 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 co-sponsored 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 co-sponsored 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:

  1. H.R. 2323 (Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act)
  2. H.R. 3644 (Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act)
  3. H.R. 1905 (Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2009)
  4. H.R. 1906 (California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act of 2009)
  5. H.R. 1690 (Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2009)
  6. H.R. 368 (Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act of 2009)
  7. H.R. 367 (Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009)

Rep. Capps co-sponsors the following legislation:

  1. H.R. 3650 (Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2009)
  2. H.R. 21 ("Oceans-21")
  3. H.R. 556 (Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act)
  4. H.R. 4493 (Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Management Enhancement Act of 2010)
  5. H.R. 2192 (Climate Change Safeguards for Natural Resources Conservation Act)
  6. H.R. 1926 (Global Warming Education Act of 2009)
  7. H.R. 1310 (Clean Water Protection Act)
  8. H.R. 860 (Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009)
  9. H.R. 366 (Ocean Research and Exploration Enhancement Act of 2009)
  10. H.R. 365 (Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act)
  11. H.R. 81 (Shark Conservation Act of 2009)
  12. H.R. 3888 (Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2009)
  13. H.R. 2055 (Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009)
  14. H.R. 204 (Northern California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act)
  15. H.R. 2685 (Climate and Ocean Research and Coordination Act of 2009)
  16. H.R. 223 (Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act)
  17. H.R. 1080 (Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2009)
  18. H.R. 509 (Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2009)