Legislative Record

Legislative Record:

• 199 cosponsored bills signed into law.

  • 2,373 total cosponsored bills.

• 11 sponsored bills signed into law.

  • 103 total sponsored bills.

• 6 sponsored resolutions agreed to in the U.S. House of Representatives.

  • 39 sponsored and 835 cosponsored resolutions.

• 3 Farm Bills were reauthorized throughout service in Congress.

Sponsored Bills Signed into Law:

• 117^th Congress (2022) | Respect for Child Survivors Act: Formalizes a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) to implement the use of multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) in child sexual abuse and exploitation cases. Senate version of the bill enacted into Law.

• 117^th Congress (2022) | Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2022: Provides federal funding to Children's Advocacy Centers to help victims of child abuse and strengthen law enforcement's response to hold perpetrators accountable. Enacted into law via the Respect for Child Survivors Act.

• 117^th Congress (2022) | Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel, and Alternative Fuels Extension Act of 2021: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credits for biodiesel, renewable diesel, and alternative fuels. Enacted into law via the Inflation Reduction Act.

• 117^th Congress (2022) | To modify the project for flood control, Redbank and Fancher Creeks, California, to allow a non-Federal interest to establish conservation pools, and for other purposes. Costa secured $200,000 for the project via the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022.

• 117^th Congress (2021) | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act: Requires the United States Postal Service (USPS) to sell approximately 45 million Saving Vanishing Species Stamps left in stock to promote wildlife conservation.

• 117^th Congress (2021) | Special Guerrilla Unit Veterans Service Recognition Expansion Act of 2021: Expands eligibility for interment in national cemeteries to all Hmong and Lao citizens who fought in support of the United States during the Vietnam War. Enacted into law via the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2022.

• 117^th Congress (2021) | High Speed Rail Corridor Development Act of 2021: Provides federal funding for federally designated high-speed rail corridors like California's High-Speed Rail project connecting San Francisco to Los Angeles via the San Joaquin Valley. Provisions from this bill were included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

• 115^th Congress (2018) | Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act: Allows some Hmong- and Laotian-American veterans to be buried in U.S. national cemeteries, excluding Arlington National Cemetery, and applies to only veterans who pass away on or after the bill's enactment. Enacted via the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018.

• 112^th Congress (2013) | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 East Merced Street in Fowler, California, as the "Cecil E. Bolt Post Office".

• 110^th Congress (2010) |American Investment in Safe, Reliable High-Speed Rail Act: Authorizes funding to establish high-speed rail systems in the United States. Enacted via H.R. 2095 - Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2008

• 110^th Congress (2010) | To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects, and for other purposes. Enacted via S. 2146.

Sponsored Resolutions Agreed to in the U.S. House of Representatives:

• 111^th Congress (2010) | H.Res 1457 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the one-year anniversary of the Government of Iran's fraudulent manipulation of Iranian elections, the Government of Iran's continued denial of human rights and democracy to the people of Iran, and the Government of Iran's continued pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability.

• 110^th and 111^th Congress (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) | Bipartisan Resolutions honoring National Crime Victims' Rights Week during the Month of April.

• 110^th Congress (2007) | H.Res.109 - Recognizing the historical significance of the Pinedale Assembly Center, the reporting site for 4,823 Japanese Americans who were unjustly interned during World War II.

Major Cosponsored Bills Signed into Law:

• Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act

• Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act

• Railroad Safety Enhancement Act

• Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

• Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act

• Emmett Till Antilynching Act

• Ocean Shipping Reform Act

• Respect for Marriage Act

• Honoring our PACT Act

• Access to Baby Formula Act

Costa Voted for Historic Federal Laws:

• Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act

• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

• Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

• Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act

• United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act

• American Rescue Plan

• Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

• Inflation Reduction Act

• Respect for Marriage Act

• Emmett Till Antilynching Act

• Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

• Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act

Committee Leadership

In the 118th Congress, Congressman Jim Costa represents his constituents on the House Committee on Agriculture and House Committee on Foreign Affairs in the United States House of Representatives. 

House Committee on Agriculture (2005-Present)

• Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry (Ranking Member)

• Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development, Member

• Agricultural Labor Working Group, Member

House Committee on Foreign Affairs (2007-2010, 2019-Present)

• Subcommittee on Europe, Member

Committee Assignments in Previous Congresses:

• House Committee on Natural Resources (2005-2022)

• House Committee on Science (2005-2006)