AMODEI, MARK E. (a Representative from Nevada)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Legion: provide for an additional power under its Federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to individual departments and posts, but not control of activities of such entities (see H.R. 2369), H7161 [27OC]

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (see H.R. 1904), H6978 [14OC]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1297), H7715 [16NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H6458 [23SE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation and increasing the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 56), H7400 [4NO]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant (see H.R. 2997), H6922 [13OC]

Clark County, NV: provide for conveyance of certain Federal land for environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three Kids Mine Project Site (see H.R. 2512), H6273 [20SE]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H7999 [30NO]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H7399 [4NO]

Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (see H.R. 1981), H8125 [2DE]

———prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H7400 [4NO]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2514), H8881 [13DE]

Dept. of Energy: repeal the Weatherization Assistance Program (see H.R. 3441), H8320 [8DE]

Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property by seeking injunctions against foreign websites dealing in illegal content and goods (see H.R. 3261), H7333 [3NO]

Dept. of State: address inefficiencies in the visa processing system that discourage overseas business and leisure travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3039), H6455 [23SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 178), H8125 [2DE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H7892 [18NO]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (see H.R. 750), H8967 [14DE]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 2885), H7929 [29NO]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 10), H7627 [15NO]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3365), H9929 [16DE]

Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H7627 [15NO]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H8728 [12DE]

Government regulations: establish a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 3194), H7627 [15NO]

Health: repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H7928 [29NO]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels (see H. Res. 490), H9432 [15DE]

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see H.R. 1755), H8136 [5DE]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 2834), H6415 [22SE]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H7399 [4NO]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H7069 [25OC]

National forests: extend and expand scope of a certain pilot forest management project (see H.R. 3685), H9430 [15DE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 3523), H7998 [30NO]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (see H.R. 1511), H8076 [1DE]

Public lands: release certain wilderness study areas from continued management as de facto wilderness areas and release certain inventoried National Forest System roadless areas from certain land use restrictions (see H.R. 1581), H7627 [15NO]

Public welfare programs: provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, provide additional work requirements, and provide overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs (see H.R. 1167), H10016 [20DE]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 1834), H8136 [5DE]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H10016 [20DE]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H7627 [15NO]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H8136 [5DE]

———provide a recovery period for computer-based gambling machines (see H.R. 427), H7999 [30NO]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H7399 [4NO]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H7399 [4NO]

———temporarily exclude capital gain from gross income (see H.R. 3318), H7893 [18NO]

———temporarily increase investment tax credit for geothermal energy property (see H.R. 2408), H7929 [29NO]

Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 3421), H8262 [7DE]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H9432 [15DE]

Unemployment: prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to indviduals discharged for drug or alcohol use (see H.R. 2001), H8881 [13DE]

Virgin River: facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan (see H.R. 2745), H6273 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Humboldt County, NV: designate the Pine Forest Range Wilderness Area (see H.R. 3377), H7397 [4NO]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress (see H.R. 3292), H7206 [1NO]

Constitutional authority statements

Humboldt County, NV: designate the Pine Forest Range Wilderness Area (H.R. 3377), H7398 [4NO]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress (H.R. 3292), H7207 [1NO]

Letters

Election of Mark E. Amodei to the House of Representatives: Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House of Representatives, H6195 [15SE]

———Ross Miller, Nevada Sec. of State, H6195 [15SE]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, H6195, H6229 [15SE]

Remarks

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), H8213 [7DE]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H6196 [15SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H6196 [15SE]

Tributes

Stewart, Helen J., E2139 [30NO]