NEVADA

Articles and editorials

Majority Leader Protects Home State, S9945 [30SE]

Nevada Charges ACORN Illegally Paid To Sign Voters, H5316 [7MY]

Responsibility? Yucca Choice Squanders $8B Investment, H3612 [18MR]

Yucca Plan Poses `Grave' Risk, H3612 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions

Air Force: expand authority to convey certain relocatable military housing units to Indian tribes in Idaho and Nevada (see S. 390), S1677 [5FE]

BLM: convey certain public land in Nevada to Las Vegas Motor Speedway (see S. 508), S2623 [2MR] (see H.R. 409), H160 [9JA]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize appropriations to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in Arizona, California, and Nevada (see H.R. 405), H160 [9JA]

Carson City, NV: promote conservation and provide for sensible development (see H.R. 763), H778 [28JA]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 1727), S9981 [30SE] (see H.R. 191), H35 [6JA]

Dams: further allocate and expand availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam (see S. 2891), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 4349), H15499 [16DE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land to Henderson, NV (see H.R. 408), H160 [9JA]

———convey certain lands in Clark and Nye Counties, NV, to the Nevada System of Higher Education (see S. 940), S4963 [30AP] (see H.R. 2210), H5061 [30AP]

———convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to Las Vegas, NV, for the development of a cancer treatment facility (see H.R. 234), H69 [7JA]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 916), S4807 [28AP]

Hazardous substances: certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste (see S. 861), S4573 [22AP] (see H.R. 2372), H5484 [12MY]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (see S. 2724), S11048 [3NO] (see H.R. 4001), H12287 [3NO]

Lower Colorado River: protect water quality and develop and implement a plan for prevention and elimination of pollution and maintenance of a healthy ecosystem (see H.R. 3481), H9277 [31JY]

Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area: establish (see H.R. 765), H778 [28JA]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: make residents of Idaho and Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (see S. 1342), S6993 [24JN]

Statehood: anniversary (see S. Res. 309), S10318 [8OC] (see H. Res. 821), H11167 [8OC]

Letters

EPA preliminary planning and design work funding for a high-performance green building to consolidate EPA offices in Las Vegas, NV: Senator Reid, S9794 [24SE]

Medicaid expansion: Jim Gibbons, Governor of Nevada, E2476 [8OC]

Northwestern New Mexico water infrastructure construction and rehabilitation and reclamation activity authorization: several Colorado River Basin States' officials, S420 [15JA]

Remarks in House

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on economy, H8891 [28JY]

———impact of stimulus funding on Nevada economy, H8949 [28JY]

BLM: convey certain public land in Nevada to Las Vegas Motor Speedway (H.R. 409), H8058, H8059 [14JY]

Hazardous substances: certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste (H.R. 2372), H5588 [14MY]

———Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H2793, H2794, H2801 [25FE], H3080 [9MR], H3611 [18MR], H8338, H8339 [17JY], H10426 [1OC]

Henderson, NV: tribute to Green Valley High School marching band, H419 [21JA]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary of St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, E2525 [14OC]

———impact of erroneous statements about earmarks on local economy and tourism, H2950 [4MR]

National objectives: economic recovery, H10077 [30SE]

Solar Millennium AG (company): use of dry-cooling technology to cool solar power plant in Amargosa Valley, NV, H13011 [17NO]

Statehood: anniversary, H12179 [2NO]

Remarks in Senate

Ascuaga, John: National Multiple Sclerosis Society Hope Award recipient, S6883 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain lands in Clark and Nye Counties, NV, to the Nevada System of Higher Education (S. 940), S4966 [30AP]

———Desert Terminal Lakes projects funding, S8258 [29JY]

EPA: preliminary planning and design work funding for a high-performance green building to consolidate EPA offices in Las Vegas, NV, S9794 [24SE]

Forest Service: Tahoe Rim Trail improvements funding, S9807 [24SE]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, S8261 [29JY]

Indian Health Service: direct the Schurz, NV, Service Unit to use unobligated contract funds to pay obligations to private health providers who treat Nevadans, S9635 [22SE]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (S. 2724), S11052-S11060 [3NO]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary of Las Vegas Convention Center, S4164 [1AP]

———anniversary of St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, S10358 [13OC]

———tribute to West Prep School, S5177 [6MY]

Law enforcement officers: tribute to those killed or injured in the line of duty, S5343 [12MY]

Letizia, Tom and Marla: Congregation Ner Tamid, Henderson, NV, Menschen of the Year Award recipients, S10309 [8OC]

Nellis AFB, NV: tribute to use of solar energy, S5891 [1JN]

Nevada Association for Latin Americans, Inc.: anniversary, S8677 [3AU]

Nevada Gaming Commission: anniversary, S3890 [26MR]

Obama, President: characterization of remarks relative to financial services companies use of economic stimulus funds to pay for trips to Las Vegas, NV, S2100, S2123 [11FE]

Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada: anniversary, S6987 [24JN]

Raggio, William: Nevada Governor's Choice Award recipient, S2413 [24FE]

Reno, NV: anniversary of Reno High School, S9125 [8SE]

———anniversary of Reno Rodeo, S6883 [22JN]

Statehood: anniversary, S10945 [30OC]

———anniversary (S. Res. 309), S10326 [8OC]

Unemployment: rates, S1773, S1779 [6FE]

Virginia City, NV: anniversary, S6023 [3JN]

Washoe County, NV: Washoe County Senior Services Respite Care Program funding, S11252 [6NO]

Reports filed

BLM Conveyance of Certain Public Land in Nevada to Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 409) (H. Rept. 111-199), H8007 [10JY]

Nomination of Daniel G. Bogden To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9264 [10SE]

Texts of

H.R. 409, convey certain BLM public land in Nevada to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, H8058 [14JY]

S. 940, Southern Nevada Higher Education Land Act, S4967 [30AP]

S. 2724, Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, S11053-S11057 [3NO]

S. 2891, Hoover Power Allocation Act, S13323-S13325 [16DE]

S. Res. 309, Nevada statehood anniversary, S10321, S10326 [8OC]

Tributes

Berkley, Representative, H3808 [24MR]

Reid, Senator, S4231 [2AP], S4904 [29AP]