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She is a cosponsor of the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA). Introduced in February, the bill is aimed at improving access to federally funded research. It requires taxpayer-funded manuscripts to be made available to the public online and without cost, no later than six months after the article was published. The bill would expand the amount of research made available to the masses and would further the work of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy, which ensures that the public has access to the published results of NIH funded research no later than 12 months after publication.

Recently Lofgren fought against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), legislation that would require Internet service providers to police users’ activities in an attempt to combat online infringement overseas. Recognizing the potential harm that SOPA could have on First Amendment rights, intellectual freedom and privacy, Lofgren fought tirelessly to oppose the bill.