GIBBONS, JIM (a Representative from Nevada)

Amendments

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), H7865 [13SE], H7898 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure regulatory equity between and among dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated and non-federally regulated areas (see H.R. 4015), H8807 [7OC]

Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H1417 [14MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H9696 [4NO]

BLM: allow sale and adoption of excess wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 2993), H4802 [20JN]

———release certain Wilderness Study Areas involving public lands in Lassen and Modoc Counties, CA, and Washoe County, NV (see H.R. 4176), H9425 [28OC]

———release certain Wilderness Study Areas involving public lands in Lassen and Modoc Counties, CA, and Washoe County, NV, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4176), H9963 [7NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H4561 [15JN]

———suspend temporarily the mandatory separation of members by reason of age or years of service (see H.R. 3979), H8986 [19OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend compliance threshold used to determine eligibility of hospitals for designation as an inpatient rehabilitation facility (see H.R. 3373), H9696 [4NO]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 2423), H4401 [13JN]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H8734 [6OC]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use by the Nevada National Guard (see H.R. 4382), H10909 [17NO]

Congress: disapprove rule submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (see H.J. Res. 23), H2473 [21AP]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H4144 [26MY]

———protect children, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, and reduce and prevent gang violence (see H.R. 4472), H11504 [13DE]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1417 [14MR]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H8388 [27SE]

Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 1071), H980 [3MR]

Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools (see H.R. 4063), H10146 [9NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 4312), H11036 [18NO]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3402), H7566 [28JY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize Western States to select public lands within their borders in lieu of receiving payment for the sale of public lands lying within said States (see H.R. 3463), H6933 [27JY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H72 [4JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance authority to recover medical costs from third parties (see H.R. 2734), H9962 [7NO]

Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H9554 [2NO]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H8734 [6OC]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4656 [16JN]

Dixie National Forest: convey certain real property (see H.R. 4577), H12047 [16DE]

Drugs: encourage the President to convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals (see H. Res. 566), H10909 [17NO]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3889), H9362 [27OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H5435 (see H.R. 2386), H5480 [29JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1895 [12AP]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8102 [19SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H5604 [30JN]

Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H11504 [13DE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]

Firefighters: provide portal-to-portal compensation for Federal wildland firefighters (see H.R. 408), H6432 [25JY]

———recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 188), H1778 [5AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H195 [25JA]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H8163 [20SE]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H628 [15FE]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3137), H5638 [11JY]

Indian Americans: recognize and honor contributions to economic innovation and society (see H. Res. 227), H2472 [21AP]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H5741 [12JY]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 105), H1695 [17MR]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H7673 [6SE]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H984 [3MR]

Masonic Order (fraternal organization): tribute (see H. Res. 17), H5177 [24JN]

Medicaid: require drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders (see H.R. 2648), H4138 [26MY]

Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H8919 [18OC]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H4297 [8JN]

Members of Congress: reduce rate of pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4047), H8808 [7OC]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H7861 [13SE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2048), H5604 [30JN]

National Advisory Council on Medical Rehabilitation: establish (see H.R. 3373), H9696 [4NO]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: increase maximum Federal share of costs for State programs (see H.R. 669), H2150 [19AP]

National security: provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (see H.R. 1544), H1893 [12AP]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H3198 [11MY]

Nuclear energy: require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel from pools into dry casks and convey to the Dept. of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored (see H.R. 4538), H11653 [14DE]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H6108 [19JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H11036 [18NO]

Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H3055 [5MY]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H7673 [6SE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: repeal perimeter rule on flight distances (see H.R. 4419), H11034 [18NO]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H719 [16FE]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H196 [25JA]

States: regulation of access to hunting and fishing for residents and nonresidents (see H.R. 731), H1372 [10MR]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5362 [28JN]

Taxation: allow deduction for Armed Forces serving in a combat zone for contributions to individual retirement plans even if the compensation on which contributions are based is excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1499), H3556 [18MY]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H73 [4JA]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H7743 [7SE]

———treat gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in either coin or bar form, in the same manner as equities and mutual funds for purposes of the maximum capital gains rate for individuals (see H.R. 1772), H2470 [21AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H5604 [30JN]

Television: provide for the efficacy of television ratings services (see H.R. 3298), H5913 [14JY]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H5741 [12JY]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H5603 [30JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H11220 [7DE]

Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H4142 [26MY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2876), H7565 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: coveyance of certain public land in Nevada to Las Vegas Motor Speedway (see H.R. 1467), H1777 [5AP]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use as a heliport (see H.R. 849), H718 [16FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: technical correction to conveyance of certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (see H.R. 4461), H11219 [7DE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land to Henderson, NV (see H.R. 2425), H3554 [18MY]

———convey certain land in Washoe County, NV, to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada (see H.R. 542), H349 [2FE]

———convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility in Nevada to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (see H.R. 540), H349 [2FE]

———sell certain public lands in Pershing County, NV, subject to mining operations and support sustainable community development opportunities that provide economic development and local government revenues (see H.R. 3419), H6431 [25JY]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H73 [4JA]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 704), H521 [9FE]

Law enforcement: ensure States do not issue driver's licenses or identification cards to sex offenders unless the offenders are in compliance with all registration requirements (see H.R. 3772), H7948 [14SE]

Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office, Sparks, NV: designate (see H.R. 1236), H1369 [10MR]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H2976 [4MY]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 2362), H3330 [16MY]

Nevada: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County (see H.R. 816), H629 [15FE]

———convey certain land to Lander and Eureka Counties for continued use as cemeteries (see H.R. 541), H349 [2FE]

———conveyance of certain public lands in and around historic mining townsites (see H.R. 4401), H11033 [18NO]

Reno, NV: validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad Co., of lands that were originally conveyed by the U.S. to facilitate construction of transcontinental railroads (see H.R. 4627), H12167 [17DE]

Taxation: provide a credit to physicians who serve a substantial number of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 3299), H5913 [14JY]

Winnemucca, Sarah: dedication of statue provided by Nevada for display in National Statuary Hall (see H. Con. Res. 5), H79 [4JA]

Remarks

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H2335 [20AP]

BLM: prohibit funding for sale or slaughter of free-roaming horses and burros, H3660 [19MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10628 [17NO]

Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (H.R. 2423), H4408 [14JN]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use as a heliport (H.R. 849), H3717 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain land in Washoe County, NV, to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada (S. 252), H7827, H7828 [13SE]

———convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility in Nevada to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (H.R. 540), H3281 [16MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3660 [19MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: anniversary, E2150 [20OC]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4091 [26MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), consideration (H. Res. 291), H3778 [24MY]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H3778 [24MY]

Hurricanes: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3645), H7629 [2SE]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), consideration (H. Res. 572), H11002 [18NO]

Law enforcement: ensure States do not issue driver's licenses or identification cards to sex offenders unless the offenders are in compliance with all registration requirements, H7899 [14SE]

———make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), H7898, H7899 [14SE]

Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office, Sparks, NV: designate (H.R. 1236), H2491 [26AP]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 2362), H5204 [27JN]

National security: provide faster and smarter funding for first responders (H.R. 1544), consideration (H. Res. 269), H3208 [12MY]

Nevada: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County (H.R. 816), H1379 [14MR]

———convey certain land to Lander and Eureka Counties for continued use as cemeteries (H.R. 541), H1863 [12AP]

———tribute to Ranch and Farm Award recipients, E1639 [27JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2201, H2335 [20AP]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9575 [3NO]

Rural areas: economic development funding following mining company closures, H10628 [17NO]

Taxation: provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma (H.R. 4440), H11163 [7DE]

Votes: position on missed, H216 [26JA], H1204 [9MR], H3746 [23MY], H8531 [29SE], E519 [20MR], E1522 [19JY], E1649 [27JY], E1910 [21SE], E2124 [19OC], E2294 [8NO]

Winnemucca, Sarah: dedication of statue provided by Nevada for display in National Statuary Hall (H. Con. Res. 5), H802 [1MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6638 [26JY], H9960 [7NO]

Special order: granted, H3890 [24MY], H7643 [2SE]

Tributes

Boyles, Loren, H4054 [25MY]

Coleman, Sue, E417 [10MR]

Robbins, Nicole, E1838 [14SE]

Tillman, Pat, H4054 [25MY]

Trepp, Florence, H2983 [5MY], E890 [5MY]

Williams, Arland D., Jr., H4054 [25MY]