Gabrielle Giffords final bill

U.S. President <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT007408" title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic">Barack Obama</a> (2L) signs the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 as (L-R) U.S. Vice President <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT007548" title="Joe Biden" href="/topic/politics/government/joe-biden-PEPLT007548.topic">Joe Biden</a>, former U.S. Rep. <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT002363" title="Gabrielle Giffords" href="/topic/politics/gabrielle-giffords-PEPLT002363.topic">Gabrielle Giffords</a> (D-AZ) and her husband <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB002741" title="Mark Kelly" href="/topic/science-technology/space-programs/mark-kelly-PECLB002741.topic">Mark Kelly</a> look on in the Oval Office of the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLCUL000110" title="White House" href="/topic/politics/government/executive-branch/white-house-PLCUL000110.topic">White House</a> in Washington, DC. The bill was the last piece of legislation on which Giffords voted before she resigned in January, a year after she sustained a gunshot wound to the head.

( Getty Images / February 10, 2012 )

U.S. President Barack Obama (2L) signs the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 as (L-R) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and her husband Mark Kelly look on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. The bill was the last piece of legislation on which Giffords voted before she resigned in January, a year after she sustained a gunshot wound to the head.

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