Rep. Luis Correa
Representative for California’s 46th District
pronounced loo-EESS // koh-RAY-uh
Correa is the representative for California’s 46th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2017. Correa’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2025. He is 66 years old.
![Photo of Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA46]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412688-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Correa proposed $54 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $9 million to City of Anaheim for “Santa Ana River Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge (OC River Walk)”
- $7 million to Community Action Partnership of Orange County for “EPIC Center”
- $6 million to City of Anaheim for “Center of Hope Permanent Supportive Housing (Phase II)”
View all requests and justifications on Correa’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Correa is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills legislators have sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Nov 26, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Luis Correa sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Homeland Security
- Border Security and Enforcement subcommittee Ranking Member
Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence subcommittees -
House Committee on the Judiciary
- The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust subcommittee Ranking Member
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Correa was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 7192: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 333 West Broadway in Anaheim, California, as the “Dr. William I. ‘Bill’ Kott Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 8801 (117th): DHS Joint Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.R. 7531 (117th): For the relief of Michael Ragas Rey.
- H.R. 2915 (117th): HOPR Act
- H.R. 6018 (116th): To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to collect overpayments of specially adapted housing assistance.
- H.R. 1641 (116th): Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service Act
- H.R. 4946 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1075 North Tustin Street in Orange, California, as the “Specialist Trevor A. Win’E Post Office”.
Does 8 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Correa sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (22%) Arts, Culture, Religion (20%) Immigration (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Health (9%) Private Legislation (7%) Education (7%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Correa recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1506: Expressing profound sorrow over the death of Alexander Michel Odeh.
- H.Res. 1472: Recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of Latinas in the United States.
- H.R. 9672: For the relief of Gualterio Santos.
- H.Res. 1392: Recognizing the significance of “Chicano/Chicana Heritage Month” in August as an important time …
- H.R. 9114: To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Special Forces …
- H.R. 7832: Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act
- H.Res. 1088: Designating “National Zoroastrian Day” on the day of the vernal equinox of each …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Nov 2024, Correa missed 70 of 4,364 roll call votes, which is 1.6%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- House Democratic Caucus for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
