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Rep. Jim Costa

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District HD-CA-16

Party Democrat

Bills Introduced 13

Sponsored Legislation

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Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HB-1779	Federal	No Budget, No Pay Act Democrat: 78% (18) Republican: 21% (5) 78% Democrat support 21% Republican support	Congress
HB-1891	Federal	Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2017 This bill amends the Plant Protection Act to allow state, local, or tribal governments to use methyl bromide as a fumigant if: (1) the use is required to respond to an emergency concerning a significant economic loss of crops to pests or diseases, and (2) the Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not object to that use within a specified time period. The bill allows this use of methyl bromide during an emergency event regardless of whether the use is registered and included in the label approved for the product by the Environmental Protection Agency under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The bill limits the amount of methyl bromide that may be used per emergency event at a specific location to not more than 20 metric tons. The aggregate amount of methyl bromide used in the United States each year may not exceed the total amount authorized under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The bill gives USDA exclusive authority for determining which species are considered quarantine pests. Republican: 92% (13) Democrat: 7% (1) 92% Republican support 7% Democrat support	Environmental Protection Agricultural Practices And Innovations Hazardous Wastes And Toxic Substances Pest Management
HB-1869	Federal	Paycheck Fairness Act This bill amends equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to: (1) restrict the use of the bona fide factor defense to wage discrimination claims, (2) enhance nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) make it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increase civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs shall train EEOC employees and other affected parties on wage discrimination. The bill directs the Department of Labor to: (1) establish and carry out a grant program for negotiation skills training for girls and women, (2) conduct studies to eliminate pay disparities between men and women, and (3) make available information on wage discrimination to assist the public in understanding and addressing such discrimination. The Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace is established for an employer who has made a substantial effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and women. The bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the EEOC to issue regulations for collecting from employers compensation and other employment data according to the sex, race, and national origin of employees for use in enforcing laws prohibiting pay discrimination. Democrat: 99% (200) Independent: 0% (1) Republican: 0% (1) 99% Democrat support 0% Independent support 0% Republican support	Labor And Employment Administrative Law And Regulatory Procedures Civil Actions And Liability Contracts And Agency Department Of Education Department Of Labor Employee Hiring Employment Discrimination And Employee Rights Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc) Government Information And Archives
HB-1873	Federal	Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to lands under their respective jurisdictions, to ensure that all existing and future rights-of-way for electrical transmission and distribution facilities on such lands include requirements for utility vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance activities that: are developed in consultation with the holder of the right-of-way; enable the owner or operator of a facility to operate and maintain it in good working order and comply with federal, state, and local electric system reliability and fire safety requirements; and minimize the need for case-by-case or annual approvals, and instead provide for expedited review and approval, for routine vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance activities within existing electrical transmission and distribution rights-of-way, as well as utility vegetation management activities necessary to control hazard trees within or adjacent to electrical transmission and distribution rights-of-way. Interior and USDA shall give facility owners and operators the option to submit to the appropriate agency a vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan. Interior and USDA shall develop jointly a consolidated and coordinated process for review and approval of these plans. Interior and USDA shall apply its categorical exclusion process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to plans developed by this bill. (A "categorical exclusion" under the NEPA is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and for which neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.) If vegetation on federal lands within, or hazard trees on federal lands adjacent to, an electrical transmission or distribution right-of-way granted by Interior or USDA has contacted, or is in imminent danger of contacting, one or more electric transmission or distribution lines, the owner or operator: may prune or remove the vegetation or hazard tree to avoid disruption of electric service and risk of fire, and shall notify the local agent of the relevant agency within 24 hours after such removal. The owner or operator of a transmission or distribution facility, after notifying Interior or USDA, as appropriate, may also conduct vegetation management activities on federal lands to meet clearance requirements under standards established by the Electric Reliability Organization or by state and local authorities. An owner or operator of a transmission or distribution facility shall not be held liable for wildfire damage, loss, or injury, including the cost of fire suppression, if Interior or USDA fails to allow it to: operate consistently with an approved vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan on federal lands within or adjacent to a right-of-way to comply with federal, state, or local electric system reliability and fire safety standards; or perform vegetation management activities in response to a hazard tree or a tree in imminent danger of contacting the owner's or operator's transmission or distribution facility. Interior and USDA may develop a program to train their personnel involved in vegetation management decisions on rights-of-way relating to transmission and distribution facilities. Interior and USDA shall prescribe regulations, or amend existing regulations, to implement this bill. An owner or operator does not have to develop and submit a vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan if one has already been approved by Interior or USDA before the enactment of this bill. (Sec. 3) This bill shall not detract from the availability of funds or other resources for wild-fire suppression. Republican: 71% (15) Democrat: 28% (6) 71% Republican support 28% Democrat support	Public Lands And Natural Resources Electric Power Generation And Transmission Environmental Assessment, Monitoring, Research Forests, Forestry, Trees Land Use And Conservation Property Rights
HB-1953	Federal	Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017 This bill allows coverage, under Medicare, of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity furnished by providers other than primary care physicians and practitioners. Additionally, it allows coverage under Medicare's prescription drug benefit of drugs used for the treatment of obesity or for weight loss management for individuals who are overweight. Republican: 38% (63) Democrat: 61% (101) 38% Republican support 61% Democrat support	Health Health Promotion And Preventive Care Medicare Mental Health Nutrition And Diet Physical Fitness And Lifestyle Prescription Drugs
HB-1960	Federal	Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017 The bill requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate. Democrat: 100% (97) 100% Democrat support	Law Government Ethics And Transparency, Public Corruption Judges Supreme Court
HR-269	Federal	Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Recognizes that National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month provides an opportunity for sexual violence education and sexual assault prevention, treatment, and prosecution. Calls for: (1) acknowledging survivors and commending volunteers and professionals who assist them; (2) recognizing and applauding national and community organizations and private sector supporters; and (3) recognizing and applauding public safety, law enforcement, and health professionals. Republican: 23% (15) Democrat: 76% (48) 23% Republican support 76% Democrat support	Crime And Law Enforcement
HB-1988	Federal	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the "Merle Haggard Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the "Merle Haggard Post Office Building." Republican: 29% (14) Democrat: 70% (33) 29% Republican support 70% Democrat support	Government Operations And Politics California Congressional Tributes Government Buildings, Facilities, And Property Music Performing Arts Postal Service
HB-2170	Federal	Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017 Republican: 83% (25) Democrat: 16% (5) 83% Republican support 16% Democrat support	Finance And Financial Sector
HB-2254	Federal	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the "Janet Capello Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the "Janet Capello Post Office Building." Democrat: 74% (37) Republican: 26% (13) 74% Democrat support 26% Republican support	Government Operations And Politics California Congressional Tributes Government Buildings, Facilities, And Property Postal Service

Title: No Budget, No Pay Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1779

Subjects: Congress

Democrat: 78% (18) Republican: 21% (5)

Title: Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1891

Subjects: Environmental Protection, Agricultural Practices And Innovations, Hazardous Wastes And Toxic Substances, Pest Management

Republican: 92% (13) Democrat: 7% (1)

Title: Paycheck Fairness Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1869

Subjects: Labor And Employment, Administrative Law And Regulatory Procedures, Civil Actions And Liability, Contracts And Agency, Department Of Education, Department Of Labor, Employee Hiring, Employment Discrimination And Employee Rights, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc), Government Information And Archives

Democrat: 99% (200) Independent: 0% (1) Republican: 0% (1)

Title: Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1873

Subjects: Public Lands And Natural Resources, Electric Power Generation And Transmission, Environmental Assessment, Monitoring, Research, Forests, Forestry, Trees, Land Use And Conservation, Property Rights

Republican: 71% (15) Democrat: 28% (6)

Title: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1953

Subjects: Health, Health Promotion And Preventive Care, Medicare, Mental Health, Nutrition And Diet, Physical Fitness And Lifestyle, Prescription Drugs

Republican: 38% (63) Democrat: 61% (101)

Title: Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1960

Subjects: Law, Government Ethics And Transparency, Public Corruption, Judges, Supreme Court

Democrat: 100% (97)

Title: Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HR-269

Subjects: Crime And Law Enforcement

Republican: 23% (15) Democrat: 76% (48)

Title: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the "Merle Haggard Post Office Building".

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-1988

Subjects: Government Operations And Politics, California, Congressional Tributes, Government Buildings, Facilities, And Property, Music, Performing Arts, Postal Service

Republican: 29% (14) Democrat: 70% (33)

Title: Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-2170

Subjects: Finance And Financial Sector

Republican: 83% (25) Democrat: 16% (5)

Title: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the "Janet Capello Post Office Building".

Session: US Congress 2017-2018 115th Congress

Number: HB-2254

Subjects: Government Operations And Politics, California, Congressional Tributes, Government Buildings, Facilities, And Property, Postal Service

Democrat: 74% (37) Republican: 26% (13)

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