QUAYLE, BENJAMIN (a Representative from Arizona)

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H790 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4460 [22JN]

Securities: provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (H.R. 2930), H7303 [3NO]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8208 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H553 [8FE]

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), H6782 [11OC]

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 1255), H2216 [31MR]

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), H3301 [13MY]

———preserve multiple use land management policy relative to uranium mining (see H.R. 3155), H6853 [12OC]

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), H2605 [12AP]

———designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor members who died in the line of duty (see H.R. 546), H2108 [30MR]

———encourage commercial air carriers to provide certain benefits to members traveling on official military orders and are being deployed or are returning from an overseas deployment (see H. Con. Res. 60), H4327 [16JN]

Aviation: allow additional flights beyond the perimeter restriction applicable to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (see H.R. 827), H1390 [28FE]

Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station, Bisbee, AZ: designate (see H.R. 2668), H5660 [27JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to establish a spending limit (see H.J. Res. 73), H6234 [15SE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H684 [10FE] (see H.J. Res. 81), H7069 [25OC]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (see H.R. 2560), H5125 [15JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5373 [21JY]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant (see H.R. 2997), H7892 [18NO]

Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs (see H.R. 91), H684 [10FE]

Consumers: clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer's informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet (see H.R. 2471), H6506 [3OC]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H134 [7JA]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 735), H7999 [30NO]

Dams: further allocate and expand availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam (see H.R. 470), H1844 [15MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize certain programs (see H.R. 3116), H6671 [6OC]

———maintain flight manifest information sharing standards required under the Passenger Name Record Agreement between the U.S. and the European Union (see H. Res. 255), H3160 [10MY]

Dept. of Justice: limit awarding of fees and lawsuits, reform reimbursement eligibility, and compile, and make publicly available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act (see H.R. 1996), H5888 [1AU]

———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), H8881 [13DE]

———safeguard the Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 1637), H3162 [10MY]

Dept. of State: remove People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from list of foreign terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 60), H2572 [8AP]

Dept. of the Interior: assess U.S. capability to meet current and future demands for minerals critical to manufacturing competitiveness and economic and national security (see H.R. 2011), H5240 [19JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H5399 [22JY]

Dr. Cameron McKinley Dept. of Veterans Affairs Vet Center, Prescott, AZ: designate (see H.R. 1743), H3107 [5MY]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 2164), H4578 [24JN] (see H.R. 2885), H6233 [15SE]

Endangered species: remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species (see H.R. 509), H725 [11FE]

EPA: exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 97), H356 [19JA]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 642), H680 [10FE]

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), H393 [20JA]

———reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (see H.R. 3010), H7134 [26OC]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H3161 [10MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H3220 [11MY]

Gambling: prohibit certain gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona (see H.R. 2938), H6230 [15SE]

Government: provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment of certain Social Security, public debt, defense, veterans, and Medicare obligations (see H.R. 2534), H5127 [15JY]

Government regulations: provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and for consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative (see H.R. 2964), H6232 [15SE]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 451), H7892 [18NO]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see H.R. 5), H553 [8FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H203 [12JA]

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]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H394 [20JA]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H6978 [14OC]

John M. Roll U.S. Courthouse, Yuma, AZ: designate (see H.R. 586), H598 [9FE]

Labor unions: protect State requirements for a secret ballot election of labor organizations (see H.R. 1047), H3062 [4MY]

———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2040), H7134 [26OC]

Law enforcement: grant limited immunity for reports of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior and response (see H.R. 495), H508 [26JA]

———reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H5374 [21JY]

Lori Piestewa Post Office Building, Tuba City, AZ: designate (see H.R. 2561), H5734 [28JY]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H7134 [26OC]

Members of Congress: terminate further retirement benefits for Members, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 2913), H8262 [7DE] (see H.R. 3480), H8077 [1DE]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see H. Res. 268), H4188 [14JN]

———reaffirm U.S. principles regarding the security of Israel and peace in the Middle East (see H. Res. 270), H3342 [23MY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by express authorization of Congress (see H.R. 2877), H6042 [9SE]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H5489 [25JY]

National Mediation Board: apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative (see H.R. 3538), H8075 [1DE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 89), H8320 [8DE]

National security: improve border security (see H.R. 1299), H2214 [31MR]

———provide for the next generation of border and maritime security technologies (see H.R. 2463), H4792 [8JY]

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), H8320 [8DE]

OMB: direct Federal agencies to postpone implementation of major rules (see H. Res. 402), H6232 [15SE]

———establish the Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Program (see H.R. 665), H3115 [6MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 2), H203 [12JA]

———repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see H.R. 605), H3758 [26MY]

———repeal certain provisions relative to physician referals for hospitals (see H.R. 1186), H8076 [1DE]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H3304 [13MY]

Power resources: expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and expand renewable electricity (see H.R. 909), H1797 [14MR]

Public debt: disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 77), H5964 [7SE]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 421), H601 [9FE]

SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 1425), H2533 [7AP]

SEC: authorize exemption of a certain class of securities from the Securities Act (see H.R. 1070), H3758 [26MY]

Small business: provide additional exemptions from internal control auditing requirements for smaller and newer public companies (see H.R. 3213), H6976 [14OC]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 144), H38 [5JA]

Tariff Act: increase dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions (see H.R. 1653), H7161 [27OC]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 1834), H8187 [6DE]

———allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 1416), H3112 [5MY]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1058), H5489 [25JY]

———limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 1864), H5581 [26JY]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H9928 [16DE]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H7069 [25OC]

———provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 567), H3111 [5MY]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H3870 (see H.R. 1259), H3911 [1JN]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H3758 [26MY]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H3111 [5MY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H1723 [10MR]

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), H8077 [1DE]

———award Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to memorials established at 3 sites honoring individuals killed in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2864), H6140 [13SE]

Transportation: limit claims relative to decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects (see H.R. 2426), H5240 [19JY]

U.N.: prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H6461 [26SE]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H3758 [26MY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: clarify provisions relative to regulation of municipal advisors (see H.R. 2827), H7929 [29NO]

Western States: authorize to make selections of public land within their borders in lieu of receiving 5 percent of the proceeds of the sale of public land lying within said States (see H.R. 2852), H6183 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (see H. Con. Res. 14), H551 [8FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with access to Federal lands to carry out certain security activities in the Southwest border region (see H.R. 1922), H3301 [13MY]

Government regulations: provide for periodic review of major rules (see H.R. 3392), H7398 [4NO]

NLRB: repeal rule requiring employers to post notices relative to the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2833), H5936 [2SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow States to opt out of Medicaid expansion-related provisions (see H.R. 3326), H7256 [2NO]

———repeal limits on distributions from tax-preferred accounts for certain medicines and tax increase on certain distributions from health and medical savings accounts (see H.R. 524), H549 [8FE]

Small business: make certain internal control reporting and assessment requirements optional for certain smaller companies (see H.R. 2941), H6231 [15SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with access to Federal lands to carry out certain security activities in the Southwest border region (H.R. 1922), H3303 [13MY]

Government regulations: provide for periodic review of major rules (H.R. 3392), H7399 [4NO]

NLRB: repeal rule requiring employers to post notices relative to the National Labor Relations Act (H.R. 2833), H5936 [2SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow States to opt out of Medicaid expansion-related provisions (H.R. 3326), H7257 [2NO]

———repeal limits on distributions from tax-preferred accounts for certain medicines and tax increase on certain distributions from health and medical savings accounts (H.R. 524), H551 [8FE]

Small business: make certain internal control reporting and assessment requirements optional for certain smaller companies (H.R. 2941), H6232 [15SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1398 [1MR]

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 1904), H7093 [26OC]

Boland, Jessica: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E1079 [13JN]

Budget: impact of entitlement programs, H3266 [12MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H3266 [12MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (H. Res. 364), H7946 [30NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 493), H8916 [14DE]

Dept. of the Interior: require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), H3193 [11MY]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H4862 [12JY]

———importance of job creation, H3266 [12MY], H4202 [15JN], H4861 [12JY], H7093 [26OC]

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), H8212 [7DE]

Foreign trade: recognize importance of trade to the U.S. economy and the importance of passing free trade agreements with Colombia, the Republic of Korea, and Panama, H4862 [12JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H220 [18JA]

John M. Roll U.S. Courthouse, Yuma, AZ: designate (S. 188), H561 [9FE]

Medicare: reform, H3266 [12MY]

Patents: establish a business methods patent review pilot program, H4429 [22JN]

———reform (H.R. 1249), H4429 [22JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H220 [18JA]

Securities: index individual investment cap to inflation, H7303 [3NO]

———provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (H.R. 2930), H7303 [3NO]

Theodore Roosevelt Dam: anniversary, E454 [10MR]

Tucson, AZ: condemn shootings at ``Congress on Your Corner'' event, express condolences to friends and families of victims, commend first responders, and honor service of Representative Giffords (H. Res. 32), H148 [12JA]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3078), H6797 [12OC]

Votes: position on missed, E1356 [19JY], E1677 [21SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1357 [18FE]

Tributes

Crane, Dale E., H1848 [16MR]

Terry, Brian A., H8913 [14DE]