• AMODEI, MARK EUGENE
Experience: House: District 2, 2011-Present
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $626,240Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Mark E. Amodei
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Michelle; 2 Children: Ryann, Erin
    Birth Date: 06/12/1958
    Birth Place: Carson City
    Home City: Carson City, NV

Education

    JD, University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1983
    BA, University of Nevada, Reno, 1980

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2011-present
    Assistant United States Attorney
    Won Special Election, United States House of Representatives, September 13, 2011
    Senator, Nevada State Senate, 1998-2010
    President Pro Tempore, Nevada State Senate, 2003-2008
    Assembly Member, Nevada State Assembly, 1996-1998

Current Legislative Committees

    Appropriations, Member
    Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Member
    Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Member
    Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Colorado River Commission
    Member, Committee on Court Funding, Nevada Supreme Court
    Member, Education Commission of the States
    Vice Chair, Governor's Task Force on Access to Public Health Care
    Member, Legislative Oversight Committee, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
    Member, Master Plan Advisory Committee, Carson City
    Member, Uniform State Law Commission

Professional Experience

    Lawyer, Sole Practitioner, 2009-present
    Served, United States Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
    President, Nevada Mining Association, 2007-2008
    Lawyer, Kummer, et al, 2004-2007
    Attorney, Allison, MacKenzie et al, 1987-2002
    Captain, Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAGC), United States Army, 1983-19

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, American Bar Association
    Member, Clark County Bar Association
    Member, First Judicial District Bar Association
    Member, Washoe County Bar Association
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Support
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Strongly Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Strongly Support
11. Support & expand free trade

Strongly Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

No Opinion
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Support
Total: 52
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
03/02/2015 H.R.488 To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress. 03/02/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.  (All Actions)
12/02/2014 H.R.2455 Nevada Native Nations Land Act 12/02/2014 Received in the Senate.  (All Actions)
09/26/2014 H.R.3716 Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act 09/26/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-169. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
09/16/2014 H.R.5205 Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act 09/16/2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.  (All Actions)
11/06/2012 H.R.6496 To reauthorize grants to enhance State and local efforts to combat trafficking in persons. 11/06/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.  (All Actions)
06/09/2014 H.R.4419 Sage-Grouse and Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Act 06/09/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.  (All Actions)
05/05/2014 H.R.3647 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of guide dogs to veterans blinded by a service-connected injury. 05/05/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
01/09/2014 H.R.3390 Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2013 01/09/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
12/16/2013 H.R.1170 To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey, by quitclaim deed, to the City of Fernley, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States, to any Federal land within that city that is under the jurisdiction of either of those agencies. 12/16/2013 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 215.  (All Actions)
11/19/2013 H.R.3533 Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act 11/19/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.  (All Actions)
06/14/2013 H.R.1923 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the eligibility of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for designation for participation in the visa waiver program for certain visitors to the United States. 06/14/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
05/08/2013 H.R.1880 Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2013 05/08/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
10/03/2013 H.R.1633 Small Lands Tracts Conveyance Act 10/03/2013 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
10/03/2013 H.R.1167 Restoring Storey County Act 10/03/2013 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
09/20/2013 H.R.1168 To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, to convey to the City of Carlin, Nevada, in exchange for consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States, to any Federal land within that city that is under the jurisdiction of that agency, and for other purposes. 09/20/2013 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160.  (All Actions)
04/16/2013 H.R.432 To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress. 04/16/2013 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
11/30/2012 H.R.6596 Naval Air Station Fallon Housing and Safety Development Act 11/30/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.  (All Actions)
09/19/2013 H.R.761 National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013 09/19/2013 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.  (All Actions)
07/23/2013 H.R.433 Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2013 07/23/2013 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
06/17/2013 H.R.1169 Naval Air Station Fallon Housing and Safety Development Act 06/17/2013 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 79.  (All Actions)
Total: 804
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/12/2017 H.R.1873 Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act
06/08/2017 H.R.2862 To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.
05/22/2017 H.R.115 Thin Blue Line Act Passed Yea
05/19/2017 H.R.2577 To establish an employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish a business in the United States.
05/11/2017 H.R.2374 Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act
05/02/2017 H.R.281 Family Farm Relief Act of 2017
05/01/2017 H.R.2106 Partner with Korea Act
04/28/2017 H.R.2226 Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act
03/27/2017 H.J.Res.44 Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Passed Yea
04/27/2017 H.R.660 Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act
04/25/2017 H.R.1159 United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act
04/24/2017 H.R.2053 Mining School Enhancement Act
04/06/2017 H.R.2034 Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act
04/05/2017 H.Res.249 Honoring the life and legacy of the first woman to serve in the United States Congress, Jeannette Pickering Rankin, on the 100th anniversary of her swearing-in to Congress.
04/05/2017 H.R.299 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
04/03/2017 H.R.1861 Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
04/03/2017 H.Res.92 Condemning North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes. Passed Yea
03/31/2017 H.R.1847 PAST Act
03/29/2017 H.R.26 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 Passed Aye
03/28/2017 H.R.24 Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
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