RIBBLE, REID J. (a Representative from Wisconsin)
Amendments
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), H7364 [4NO]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 3130), H6979 [14OC]
———prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 361), H7257 [2NO]
———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H393 [20JA]
———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 374), H4750 [7JY]
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), H6979 [14OC]
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (see H.R. 389), H553 [8FE]
———rescind unobligated stimulus funds and require that such funds be used for Federal budget deficit reduction (see H.R. 620), H679 [10FE]
Appropriations: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 920), H1988 [17MR]
———establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (see H.R. 3521), H8881 [13DE]
———provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see H.R. 3583), H8967 [14DE]
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), H2572 [8AP]
———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 181), H7578 [14NO]
———limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3676), H9430 [15DE]
———limit use of funds for introduction into hostilities (see H.R. 1609), H6415 [22SE] (see H.R. 3709), H9926 [16DE]
Aviation: prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme (see H.R. 2594), H6011 [8SE]
Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see H.R. 1848), H3218 [11MY]
———constitutional amendment to control spending (see H.J. Res. 5), H5087 [14JY]
———constitutional amendment to establish a spending limit (see H.J. Res. 73), H5373 [21JY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H40 [5JA] (see H.J. Res. 81), H6977 [14OC]
———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), H2935 [2MY]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (see H.R. 2560), H5125 [15JY]
———establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 114), H2857 [14AP] (see H.R. 3082), H9432 [15DE]
———establish joint resolutions on the budget (see H.R. 3575), H8881 [13DE]
———increase transparency in Federal budgeting (see H.R. 3581), H8881 [13DE]
———provide for long-term budgeting (see H.R. 3580), H10017 [20DE]
———reduce discretionary spending limit (see H.R. 3043), H6455 [23SE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2011-2021 (see H. Con. Res. 37), H2667 [13AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5734 [28JY]
CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see H.R. 3582), H8881 [13DE]
CFTC: improve consideration of costs and benefits of regulations and orders (see H.R. 1840), H6626 [5OC]
Children and youth: require parental consent to release records of home-schooled students (see H.R. 2910), H6467 [29SE]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H10017 [20DE]
Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): require to conduct business in a manner open to the public (see H.R. 2796), H6233 [15SE]
Congress: require Members to place their stocks, bonds, commodities futures, and other forms of securities in a blind trust (see H.R. 3549), H8881 [13DE]
———restrict adjournments unless the House involved has passed a budget resolution and provided funding for the Government for the entire fiscal year (see H. Con. Res. 82), H7831 [17NO]
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), H1525 [2MR]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: prohibit Federal funding after 2013 (see H.R. 68), H203 [12JA]
CPSC: exempt off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions (see H.R. 412), H1456 [1MR]
———exempt ordinary books and paper-based printed material from certain lead limits (see H.R. 272), H1180 (see H.R. 272), H1199 [17FE]
Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (see H.R. 1775), H4366 [21JN]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H6043 [9SE]
Davis-Bacon Act: raise threshold dollar amount of contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements (see H.R. 3135), H6672 [6OC]
———repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 745), H1580 [4MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: disapprove proposed Agricultural Marketing Service rule relative to a Christmas tree promotion, research, and information program and assessment of fees to fund such program (see H.J. Res. 85), H7715 [16NO]
Dept. of Education: allow a State to opt out of K-12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 3176), H6919 [13OC]
Dept. of HHS: reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H5661 [27JY]
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), H3762 [27MY]
Dept. of the Interior: allow offshore energy exploration, development, and production operations under drilling permits previously issued by the Minerals Management Service (see H.R. 840), H1390 [28FE]
———install in the area of the World War II Memorial a suitable plaque or inscription with the words that Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed on D-Day, June 6, 1944 (see H.R. 2070), H7830 [17NO]
———require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (see H.R. 1231), H2037 [29MR]
———sell certain Federal lands in certain Western States previously identified as suitable for disposal (see H.R. 1126), H3411 [24MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: rescind authority to develop a return-free tax system (see H.R. 2528), H7627 [15NO]
Dept. of Transportation: allow States to opt out of requirement to spend certain percentage of surface transportation funds on enhancement projects (see H.R. 3050), H7627 [15NO]
———establish and maintain national clearinghouse for alcohol and controlled substances testing records of commercial motor vehicle operators (see H.R. 2459), H7208 [1NO]
———issue categorical exclusions from environmental assessment requirements for certain highway construction activities (see H.R. 3327), H7831 [17NO]
———prohibit provision of grants or funds to State or local governments for any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for a motorcycle riders (see H.R. 904), H1621 [8MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for increased flexibility in payments for State veterans homes (see H.R. 2530), H6344 [21SE]
———inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see H.R. 3192), H7402 [7NO]
———presume service connection for illnesses associated with water contaminants at Camp Lejeune, NC, and provide health care to those affected by such contamination (see H.R. 1742), H3107 [5MY]
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), H1908 [16MR] (see H.R. 910), H1666 [9MR]
Endangered species: authorize permits for takings of wolves to protect from wolf depreciation in States where wolf populations exceed recovery goals (see H.R. 3453), H7828 [17NO]
———prohibit treatment of the gray wolf in Minnesota, Wisonsin, and Michigan as an endangered species (see H.R. 838), H2667 [13AP]
———remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species (see H.R. 509), H2605 [12AP]
EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (see H.R. 3158), H6853 [12OC]
———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (see H.R. 1633), H3305 [13MY]
———exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2541), H6011 [8SE]
———finalize proposed rule to amend spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline requirements for the dairy industry (see H.R. 681), H2039 [29MR]
———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (see H.R. 2250), H4460 [22JN]
———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (see H.R. 2401), H5399 [22JY]
FCC: disapprove rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices (see H.J. Res. 37), H1392 [28FE]
FDA: give greatest weight in making critical policy decisions to readily available hard science data, including evidence from the natural, physical, and computing sciences (see H. Res. 98), H7715 [16NO]
———improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H7406 [10NO]
Federal agencies and departments: provide for a time-out on certain regulations (see H.R. 3257), H7209 [1NO]
———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), H601 [9FE]
———require periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations (see H.R. 3068), H7627 [15NO]
Federal employees: limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee (see H.R. 122), H37 [5JA]
———reduce size of the Federal workforce through attrition (see H.R. 3029), H6413 [22SE]
FERC: prohibit from requiring removal or modification of existing structures or encroachments in licenses (see H.R. 3244), H7929 [29NO]
Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H3304 [13MY]
———protect the right of individuals to bear arms at Corps of Engineers water resources development projects (see H.R. 1865), H4750 [7JY]
FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H1726 [10MR]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H204 [12JA]
Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 157), H8125 [2DE]
———lower health premiums and increase choice for small business (see H.R. 2676), H5661 [27JY]
———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see H.R. 5), H2605 [12AP]
———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H3221 [11MY]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 121), H435 [24JA]
House Rules: require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures (see H. Res. 15), H104 [6JA]
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), H3107 [5MY]
Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H3000 [3MY]
———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H5489 [25JY]
———repeal medical loss ratio requirements for health insurance (see H.R. 2077), H7069 [25OC]
Iran: promote human rights and democracy (see H.R. 1714), H3344 [23MY]
———strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4530 [23JN]
IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H7892 [18NO]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2040), H7399 [4NO]
Libya: prohibit use of funds to support military operations (see H.R. 2259), H4460 [22JN]
Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H8136 [5DE]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H4530 [23JN]
Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H7257 [2NO]
———ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H7831 [17NO]
———establish smart card pilot program (see H.R. 2925), H9946 [19DE]
———provide for additional opportunities to enroll under part B (see H.R. 1654), H8881 [13DE]
Members of Congress: make matching contributions to Thrift Savings Fund contingent on Congress completing action on budget resolution reducing the deficit (see H.R. 1168), H1983 [17MR]
———prohibit payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members (see H.R. 3127), H7258 [2NO]
———prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 3643), H10017 [20DE]
———require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (see H.R. 1454), H7892 [18NO]
———set the age at which Members are eligible for an annuity to the same age as the retirement age under the Social Security Act (see H.R. 2397), H5286 [20JY]
———terminate further retirement benefits for Members, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 2913, 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), H4530 [23JN]
National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]
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]
NLRB: abolish and transfer its enforcement authority to the Dept. of Justice and its oversight of elections to the Office of Labor-Management Standards of the Dept. of Labor (see H.R. 2926), H6344 [21SE]
———clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units and timing of elections of labor organizations (see H.R. 3094), H7161 [27OC]
———modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 2978), H6271 [20SE]
———repeal rule requiring employers to post notices relative to the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2854), H6183 [14SE]
OMB: rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 1111), H7627 [15NO]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (see H.R. 358), H601 [9FE]
———provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2213 [31MR]
———repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H4577 [24JN]
———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see H.R. 1173), H7134 [26OC]
———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H3062 [4MY]
———repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 1580), H4673 [6JY]
Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H1621 [8MR]
Power resources: establish procedures for causes and claims relative to leasing of Federal lands for exploration, production, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other form of energy (see H.R. 1032), H3220 [11MY]
———repeal a limitation on Federal procurement of certain fuels (see H.R. 3101), H6624 [5OC]
Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 421), H684 [10FE]
———provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment in full of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2581), H5286 [20JY]
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), H2109 [30MR]
Radio: prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming and transfer certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 69), H203 [12JA]
Roads and highways: allow States to elect to receive contributions to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of participating in the Federal-aid highway program or certain public transportation programs (see H.R. 1585), H6673 [6OC]
———amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 763), H1392 [28FE]
———waive requirement that existing traffic signs meet minimum retroreflectivity standards on or before the compliance dates established by the Federal Highway Administration (see H.R. 2257), H5661 [27JY]
Securities: implement regulations governing over-the-counter swaps, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (see H.R. 1573), H3001 [3MY]
Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 144), H38 [5JA]
Social Security: establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (see H.R. 234), H7161 [27OC]
Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 234), H7161 [27OC]
Tariff Act: increase dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions (see H.R. 1653), H7830 [17NO]
Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 1834), H6978 [14OC]
———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), H1908 [16MR]
———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 1533), H5781 [29JY]
———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 1244), H10016 [20DE]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H8187 [6DE]
———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 942), H2412 [6AP]
———make the credit for research activities permanent and increase such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities (see H.R. 871), H1523 [2MR]
———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H8187 [6DE]
———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H7715 [16NO]
———provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 567), H598 [9FE]
———reduce Federal tax on fuels by the amount of any increase in State fuel tax rates (see H.R. 1737), H3106 [5MY]
———reduce the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 609), H679 [10FE]
———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H2605 [12AP]
———repeal estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (see H.R. 143), H138 [7JA]
———repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2092), H3985 [2JN]
———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H5581 [26JY]
———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H3410 [24MY]
———terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 3308), H7255 [2NO]
Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H1908 [16MR]
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]
Transportation: allow additional transit systems greater flexibility with certain public transportation projects (see H.R. 3545), H8075 [1DE]
———limit claims relative to decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects (see H.R. 2426), H5888 [1AU]
U.N.: promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H6552 [4OC]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H6673 [6OC]
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: clarify provisions relative to regulation of municipal advisors (see H.R. 2827), H7715 [16NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 2675), H5660 [27JY]
Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 3577), H8259 [7DE]
Dept. of Justice: remove arbitrary and anticompetitive limitations from the grant program for Internet Crimes Against Children task force program training (see H.R. 3470), H7829 [17NO]
Government regulations: establish a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 1281), H2213 [31MR]
———prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (see H.R. 2898), H6097 [12SE]
Taxation: provide for equity relating to medical costs (see H.R. 2662), H5580 [26JY]
Constitutional authority statements
Agriculture: authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm (H.R. 2675), H5661 [27JY]
Budget: establish biennial cycle (H.R. 3577), H8261 [7DE]
Dept. of Justice: remove arbitrary and anticompetitive limitations from the grant program for Internet Crimes Against Children task force program training (H.R. 3470), H7830 [17NO]
Government regulations: establish a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 1281), H2214 [31MR]
———prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 2898), H6097 [12SE]
Taxation: provide for equity relating to medical costs (H.R. 2662), H5580 [26JY]
Remarks
Budget: allocation of funds, H2546 [8AP]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H7247 [2NO]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5188 [19JY]
———deficit, H7063, H7064, H7065, H7066 [25OC], H7247 [2NO]
———reform entitlement programs, H7064 [25OC]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2812 [14AP], H2868 [15AP]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), consideration (H. Res. 455), H7696 [16NO]
Economy: impact of Government regulations, H7693, H7694, H7695, H7696 [16NO]
———importance of job creation, H7695 [16NO]
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), H7693 [16NO]
Government regulations: establish a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 1281), H2218 [1AP]
———prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 2898), H7693, H7694, H7696 [16NO]
Medicare: reform, H2812 [14AP]
National objectives: economic recovery, H7063, H7064, H7065, H7066 [25OC]
Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H7695 [16NO]
Plum Lake, WI: anniversary, E653
Ships and vessels: regulate discharges from commercial vessels, H7696 [16NO]
Taxation: reform the Federal tax code, H7064, H7065, H7066 [25OC]
Tributes
Atim, Paul J., E833
Eppinger, Garrick L., Jr., E1694
Hermanson, Matthew D., E883
Ross, Justin, E599