Representative Lois Capps (D-CA-23)

Representative Lois Capps (D-CA-23)
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Sponsored	Cosponsored	Maverick	Attendance	RBA*
215 points	1319 points	33 points	82.1% points	.250 points

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H.R.6569 Lois Capps 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.276 Lois Capps 0 Cosponsors 13 points	Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007 To designate the Piedras Blancas Light Station and the surrounding public land as an Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as a part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.3323 Lois Capps 0 Cosponsors 40 points	Goleta Water Distribution System Conveyance Act of 2007 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey a water distribution system to the Goleta Water District, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.5878 Lois Capps 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008 To authorize programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed Forces through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as nurses, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.1198 Lois Capps 60 Cosponsors 30 points	Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008

H.R.1737 Lois Capps 0 Cosponsors 30 points	City of Oxnard Water Recycling and Desalination Act of 2007 To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities for the GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters in the area of Oxnard, California. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
H.RES.1022 Lois Capps 15 Cosponsors 1 points	Reducing maternal mortality both at home and abroad. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
H.R.5452 Lois Capps 9 Cosponsors 5 points	Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2008 To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to coastal States to support State efforts to initiate and complete surveys of coastal State waters and Federal waters adjacent to a State's coastal zone to identify potential areas suitable or unsuitable for the exploration, development, and production of renewable energy, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, February 28, 2008
H.R.5453 Lois Capps 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize assistance to coastal states to develop coastal climate change adaptation plans pursuant to approved management programs approved under section 306, to minimize contributions to climate change, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, February 28, 2008
H.RES.972 Lois Capps 77 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, February 14, 2008
H.RES.335 Lois Capps 81 Cosponsors 5 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to lung cancer as a public health priority and the recommendations of the Lung Cancer Progress Review Group of the National Cancer Institute. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
H.R.4138 Lois Capps 31 Cosponsors 5 points	Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to impose minimum nurse staffing ratios in Medicare participating hospitals, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, November 9, 2007
H.R.4105 Lois Capps 99 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007 To impose a moratorium on the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
H.R.2994 Lois Capps 50 Cosponsors 5 points	National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 11, 2007
H.R.2918 Lois Capps 25 Cosponsors 5 points	California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State of California, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, July 5, 2007
H.RES.433 Lois Capps 20 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Month. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 23, 2007
H.R.2051 Lois Capps 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Hass Avocado Quality Assurance Act of 2007 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for the application of mandatory minimum maturity standards applicable to all domestic and imported Hass avocados. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 4, 2007
H.R.1014 Lois Capps 211 Cosponsors 5 points	Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, May 1, 2007
H.R.2029 Lois Capps 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To facilitate the restoration of the native ecosystem on Santa Rosa Island within Channel Islands National Park, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 30, 2007
H.R.477 Lois Capps 86 Cosponsors 10 points	Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen education, prevention, and treatment programs relating to stroke, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, March 28, 2007
H.R.1078 Lois Capps 113 Cosponsors 5 points	Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning under the Medicare Program and to improve the care furnished to individuals diagnosed with cancer by establishing a Medicare hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs, provider education, and related research. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, March 7, 2007
H.R.1279 Lois Capps 123 Cosponsors 5 points	Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2007 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide funds to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 5, 2007
H.R.1142 Lois Capps 133 Cosponsors 5 points	Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2007 To amend title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that disability of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by certain conditions is presumed to result from the performance of such employee's duty. Referred to House committee on Friday, February 16, 2007
H.R.665 Lois Capps 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to expand the county organized health insuring organizations authorized to enroll Medicaid beneficiaries. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 2, 2007
H.RES.70 Lois Capps 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Congratulating the University of California at Santa Barbara men's soccer team, the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Champions. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, January 29, 2007

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H.R.2964 Eddie Bernice Johnson 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Captive Primate Safety Act To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other purposes. Read twice on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5477 Adam Schiff 50 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, California, as the "Chi Mui Post Office Building". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.3021 Ben Chandler 140 Cosponsors 0 points	21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6826 Allyson Schwartz 39 Cosponsors 3 points	Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare Program. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.1907 Jim Saxton 26 Cosponsors 3 points	Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act To authorize the acquisition of land and interests in land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, July 31, 2008

H.J.RES.62 Joe Baca 82 Cosponsors 18 points	Native American Heritage Day Act of 2007 To honor the achievements and contributions of Native Americans to the United States, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6725 Joseph Crowley 7 Cosponsors 3 points	Oncology Quality Care Improvement Act of 2008 To establish budget neutral demonstration projects to study and improve the quality and cost effectiveness of cancer care services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.896 Joe Baca 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for primary lateral sclerosis, supporting the goals and ideals of Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6652 Tom Latham 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.194 Steve Cohen 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
H.R.6578 Nick Lampson 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Consumer Energy Supply Act of 2008 To provide for the sale of light grade petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and its replacement with heavy grade petroleum. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.R.3914 John Dingell 11 Cosponsors 0 points	Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the granting of regulatory forbearance by default. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.RES.1202 Tom Davis 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Guard Youth Challenge Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.CON.RES.393 Chip Pickering 5 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month". Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.6568 Kevin Brady 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2008 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.5618 Madeleine Bordallo 10 Cosponsors 0 points	National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2008 To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.CON.RES.299 Ed Markey 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1323 Harry Mitchell 26 Cosponsors 1 points	Commending the Arizona State University softball team for their victory in the 2008 Women's College World Series. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.948 Ed Markey 32 Cosponsors 3 points	Social Security Number Protection Act of 2007 To strengthen the authority of the Federal Government to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers, and for other purposes. House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration... on Friday, July 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.236 David Dreier 31 Cosponsors 2 points	Recognizing the close relationship between the United States and the Republic of San Marino. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, July 11, 2008
H.R.4174 Tom Allen 17 Cosponsors 5 points	Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2007 To establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Received in the Senate on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.5541 Nick Rahall 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.3036 John Sarbanes 64 Cosponsors 0 points	No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.5741 Madeleine Bordallo 14 Cosponsors 0 points	Shark Conservation Act of 2008 To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.RES.1260 Melissa Bean 100 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 0 points	ADA Restoration Act of 2007 To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Read the second time on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.CON.RES.195 Zach Wamp 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that a National Dysphagia Awareness Month should be established. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.RES.353 Elijah Cummings 101 Cosponsors 4 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be an increased commitment supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6381 Frank Pallone 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting devices. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.CON.RES.382 Rosa DeLauro 14 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the important social and labor contributions and accomplishments of Congresswoman Mary T. Norton of New Jersey on the 70th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.RES.111 Peter King 277 Cosponsors 0 points	Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.RES.1283 Lee Terry 78 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing heartfelt sympathy for the victims and their families following the tornado that hit Little Sioux, Iowa, on June 11, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.CON.RES.350 Nick Rahall 36 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States, through the International Whaling Commission, should use all appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms, including scientific and other special permit whaling, coastal whaling, and community-based whaling, and seek to strengthen the conservation and management measures to facilitate the conservation of whale species, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.R.6330 Bart Stupak 45 Cosponsors 3 points	Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2008 To provide for regulation of certain transactions involving energy commodities, to strengthen the enforcement authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act and the Federal Power Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.R.6320 Ed Markey 4 Cosponsors 3 points	Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2008 To ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to emerging Internet Protocol-based communication and video programming technologies in the 21st Century. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.634 Dennis Moore 296 Cosponsors 0 points	American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. Resolving differences -- House actions on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.CON.RES.337 Tom Allen 51 Cosponsors 5 points	Honoring Seeds of Peace for its 15th anniversary as an organization promoting understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and peace in the Middle East, South Asia, and other regions of conflict. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.RES.1002 Earl Blumenauer 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of a "Public Radio Recognition Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.1553 Deborah Pryce 226 Cosponsors 0 points	Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to information regarding pediatric cancers and current treatments for such cancers, establish a national childhood cancer registry, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancer. Received in the Senate on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.5912 John McHugh 7 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.6251 Nick Rahall 10 Cosponsors 3 points	Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.6256 Ed Markey 17 Cosponsors 3 points	Responsible Ownership of Public Lands Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual production incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore and offshore lands that are subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring, to authorize use of amounts received as such fee for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.5954 Mike Thompson 59 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans for presumptions of service connection for purposes of benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs for diseases associated with service in the Armed Forces and exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.512 Xavier Becerra 107 Cosponsors 27 points	Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2007 To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.359 Hilda Solis 68 Cosponsors 0 points	Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estarada Chavez and the farm labor movement. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.6238 John Dingell 33 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide for the establishment of an interagency working group to conduct a study to identify the factors that affect the pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products, and to make recommendations on appropriate coordination of oversight and regulation. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.4926 Betty Sutton 98 Cosponsors 15 points	Josh Miller HEARTS Act To establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.R.1328 Frank Pallone 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007 To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act. Placed on the Union Calendar on Friday, June 6, 2008
H.R.1343 Gene Green 247 Cosponsors 0 points	Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 5, 2008
H.R.5451 Madeleine Bordallo 14 Cosponsors 3 points	Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008 To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
H.R.6029 Tammy Baldwin 27 Cosponsors 3 points	Family Fairness Act of 2008 To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits under that Act. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
H.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 149 Cosponsors 3 points	Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.300 Madeleine Bordallo 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the necessity for the United States to maintain its significant leadership role in improving the health and promoting the resiliency of coral reef ecosystems, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.R.493 Louise Slaughter