RYAN, PAUL (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Budget: improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3137, H3141 [16MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4042 [7JN], H4265 [13JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5275 [27JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), H4952 [22JN]

Articles and editorials

America's Largest Polluter—Guess Who, Bob Kasten, Boston (MA) Globe, E2012 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: issue commemorative postage stamp to honor U.S. farm women (see H. Res. 213), H1120 [16MR]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H342 [10FE] (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]

Arts and humanities: exempt agreements relative to voluntary guidelines governing telecast material, movies, video games, Internet content, music lyrics from applicability of antitrust laws (see H.R. 5350), H8617 [2OC]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds to discriminate against the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of organizational, associational, or constitutional beliefs (see H.R. 5306), H8200 [26SE]

Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H510 [16FE]

Bureau of the Census: establish a term limit for the Director of the Census (see H.R. 5257), H8201 [26SE]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H2655 [8MY]

Clean Air Act: prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1367), H574 [29FE]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H5656 [29JN]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2239 [12AP]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 230), H219 [7FE] (see H.R. 1644), H278 [9FE]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (see H.R. 4468), H3172 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 1079), H632 [1MR]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H2512 [3MY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1852 [5AP]

Education: tribute to home educators and home schooled students (see H. Res. 578), H7933 [20SE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H50 [27JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H209 [2FE]

Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4485 [14JN]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H1163 [21MR]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

———require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 4744), H5737 [10JY]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3703), H7211 [27JY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove certain limitations on eligibility for adjustment of status (see H.R. 1841), H4121 [8JN]

Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H641 [2MR]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H922 [9MR]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2606 [4MY]

Medicare: coverage of oral drugs to treat low blood calcium levels or elevated parathyroid hormone levels for patients with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 4628), H4174 [9JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3523 [22MY]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H2239 [12AP]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H757 [8MR]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5241 [27JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H757 [8MR]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7207 [27JY]

———provide equitable payments to providers of services under the Medicare Program and provide coverage of additional children under the Medicaid Program (see H.R. 5001), H7206 [27JY]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H4817 [21JN]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9635 [10OC]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———deduction for health insurance premiums (see H.R. 1177), H8406 [27SE]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2239 [12AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3813 [24MY]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H2967 [11MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H1477 [28MR] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H6470 [18JY]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H2655 [8MY]

Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H510 [16FE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2967 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

International economic relations: promote international monetary stability and share seigniorage with officially dollarized countries (see H.R. 4818), H5736 [10JY]

Les Aspin Post Office Building, Janesville, WI: designate (see H.R. 4241), H2122 [11AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H3867 [25MY] (see H.R. 5282), H8061 [25SE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H211 [3FE], H7725 [19SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H211 [3FE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1783 [5AP]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7452 [12SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1260, H1261, H1262 [22MR]

———devote cuts in discretionary funding during appropriations process to debt reduction, H4953, H4954, H4956 [22JN]

———ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, H1977 [10AP]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3138, H3139, H3140, H3141, H3142, H3143 [16MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1260, H1261, H1262 [22MR], H1305, H1314, H1323, H1331, H1348, H1368, H1372, H1391 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, H2250 [13AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), motion to instruct conferees, H1977 [10AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H1260, H1261, H1262 [22MR], H3138, H3139, H3140, H3141 [16MY], H8294 [27SE], H8441, H8442 [28SE], H8908 [5OC]

Census: importance of decennial census, E342 [16MR]

———use of sampling to determine populations in States for purposes of congressional redistricting, E342 [16MR]

Customs Service: Racine, WI, office operations funding, H6653 [20JY]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories, H5046 [23JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), H3074 [16MY]

Dept. of Energy: Clean Coal Technology Program funding, H4542, H4543 [15JN]

———National Ignition Facility funding, H5275, H5276, H5277 [27JN]

Dept. of HHS: review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1705 [4AP]

Dept. of HUD: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight funding, H4770 [20JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4542, H4543 [15JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6653 [20JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: State Extended Care Facilities Construction Grant Program funding through reductions in NASA programs, H4731 [20JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5046 [23JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4265, H4267 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4731, H4770 [20JN]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, E2012 [28OC]

Education: national policy to improve system, H3903, H3904, H3906 [6JN], H8444 [28SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5275, H5276, H5277 [27JN]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (H.R. 4924), H6851, H6855 [25JY], H7062-H7064 [26JY]

———require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (S. 1198), H8706 [3OC]

Gore, Vice President: economic plan, H8294, H8296 [27SE], H8442 [28SE]

Government: waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, H8441, H8444 [28SE]

Health: provide grants to States or private sector institutions to foster organ donor programs, H1715 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1705, H1715 [4AP]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 3703), E1384 [27JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H3903, H3904, H3906 [6JN]

———funding through reductions in 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, H4265, H4267 [13JN]

International economic relations: promote international monetary stability and share seigniorage with officially dollarized countries (H.R. 4818), E1190 [10JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), H4953, H4954, H4956 [22JN]

Les Aspin Post Office Building, Janesville, WI: designate (H.R. 4241), H3878, H3879 [6JN]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (H.R. 1070), E579 [13AP]

Microsoft Corp.: appeals court process relative to application of antitrust laws, H8747 [4OC]

Public debt: establish a debt reduction lockbox, H3142, H3143 [16MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H8908 [5OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1305, H1348 [23MR], H8294 [27SE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 3859), H4711 [20JN]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4146 [9JN]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6838 [25JY]

———rates, H1314 [23MR], H8294 [27SE]

University of Wisconsin: tribute to men's basketball team, H1421 [28MR]

Votes: position on missed, H4446 [14JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H252 [8FE]

Texts of

S. 1198, Truth in Regulating Act, H8706 [3OC]

Tributes

Kasten, Bob, E2012 [28OC]

Misner, Dan, E550 [12AP]

Polzin, Richard, E691 [10MY]

Pruitt, Jerry, H8065 [26SE]