Rep. Sam Farr

District California 17th
Key Coastal Communities Monterey & Santa Cruz
Party Democratic
Terms 9th
Committees Appropriations
Caucuses: Co-Chair & Founder, House Oceans Caucus
Websites www.farr.house.gov, www.friendsoffarr.org
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Leadership: As the lead author and tireless champion of a truly visionary piece of legislation - H.R. 21, the Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act ("OCEANS 21") - Rep. Farr has shown his commitment to healthy oceans, and his leadership skills. Oceans-21 would implement key recommendations of the Pew Oceans Commission and U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy with common-sense solutions.

Rep. Farr has sponsored the following legislation:

  1. H.R. 3888 (Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2009)
  2. H.R. 556 (Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act)
  3. H.R. 366 (Ocean Research and Exploration Enhancement Act of 2009)

He has added his support to other important ocean legislation by co-sponsoring the following bills:

  1. H.R. 3650 (Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2009)
  2. H.R. 5213 (West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2010)
  3. H.R. 3644 (Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act)
  4. H.R. 4493 (Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Management Enhancement Act of 2010)
  5. H.R. 81 (Shark Conservation Act of 2009)
  6. H.R. 365 (Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act)
  7. H.R. 367 (Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act of 2009)
  8. H.R. 368 (Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act)
  9. H.R. 860 (Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009)
  10. H.R. 1905 (Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act)
  11. H.R. 1310 (Clean Water Protection Act)
  12. H.R. 1906 (California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act)
  13. H.R. 204 (Northern California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act)
  14. H.R. 1080 (Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2009)
  15. H.R. 2685 (Climate and Ocean Research and Coordination Act of 2009)
  16. H.R. 2055 (Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009)
  17. H.R. 1690 (Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act)
  18. H.R. 1926 (Global Warming Education Act)
  19. H.R. 509 (Marine Turtle Conservaton Reauthorization Act of 2009)
  20. H.R. 223 (Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act)
  21. H.R. 2093 (Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act of 2009)

Check out our youtube featuring Rep. Sam Farr and David Wilmot, Ph.D. of Ocean Champions.