PAUL, RON (a Representative from Texas)
Addresses
New Imperialism—The Attack on World Tax Havens: Robert E. Bauman, E1868
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1478 [28MR], H1607 [30MR]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H3929 [6JN], H4285 [13JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5844 [11JY], H6007 [13JY]
Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1917 [6AP]
Articles and editorials
Secretary Riley Reignites the Math Wars, Bill Evers, Weekly Standard (publication), E117
U.S., EU Risk Trade War Over Export Tax Shelters—Europe Is Likely To Seek the WTO's Permission To Levy Punitive Tariffs, Geoff Winestock, Wall Street Journal, H7429
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
African Americans: relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 2233), H2655 [8MY]
Aliens: deny coverage under certain anti-discrimination statutes of employed individuals that are unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 3170), H5036 [22JN]
Armed Forces: provide that covered beneficiaries shall not be required to pay a copayment for health care services received under TRICARE Prime (see H.R. 3565), H1477 [28MR]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]
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), H8736 [3OC]
Budget: allow projected on-budget surplus to be used for tax cuts (see H.R. 1016), H922 [9MR]
———ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H510 [16FE]
Census: establish a policy relative to the constitutional requirement of a decennial census for purposes of congressional apportionment (see H.R. 4198), H2239 [12AP]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H2967 [11MY]
Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]
Crime: treatment of the interception of electronic communications (see H.R. 5018), H7992 [21SE]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]
Dept. of Defense: protect citizen soldiers (see H.R. 4669), H4590 [15JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 4102), H7871 [19SE]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H4817 [21JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H455 [15FE]
———improve the processing of claims for veterans compensation and pensions (see H.R. 3574), H2122 [11AP]
Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H3413 [18MY]
Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1477 [28MR]
———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2606 [4MY]
———tribute to home educators and home schooled students (see H. Res. 578), H7651 [14SE]
Employment: clarify overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel (see H.R. 4405), H2770 [9MY]
Executive Office of the President: express disapproval regarding Presidential circumvention of congressional legislative authority to set public policy (see H. Res. 463), H1852 [5AP]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain investigative reports from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 3408), H2607 [4MY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H1851 [5AP]
FDA: compel compliance with court decision relative to disclosure of certain information on the labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 4604), H4120 [8JN]
———restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H509 [16FE]
Federal employees: reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H5955 [12JY]
Financial institutions: repeal authority of the FDIC and the FRS Board of Governors to impose examination fees on State depository institutions (see H.R. 3900), H921 [9MR]
Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H3309 [17MY]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H373 [14FE]
FRS: prohibit implementation of regulations allowing race, color, religion, national origin, or sex of applicants for nonmortgage credit to be noted on the application with the applicant's consent (see H.R. 4164), H1762 [4AP]
GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H3869 [25MY]
Health care facilities: modify qualifications for community mental health centers and postpone application of Medicare prospective payment system to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 5055), H7208 [27JY]
———require Federal authorities to provide information in medical records, seized from a medical practice to that practice, in order to continue patient care (see H.R. 4689), H4591 [15JN]
Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3703), H7211 [27JY]
Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H5169 [26JN]
———extend filing fee exemption to elementary and secondary schools relative to non-immigrant workers under the H-1B program (see H.R. 1573), H1284 [22MR]
———modify provisions governing naturalization of children born outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3667), H2341 [13AP]
INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H998 [14MR]
Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H3523 [22MY]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H7128 [26JY]
International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see H.R. 4654), H7366 [7SE]
Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]
Medicaid: waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5654 [29JN]
Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H50 [27JA]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H6354 [17JY]
———increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (see H.R. 5152), H7501 [12SE]
———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H6600 [19JY]
———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 5200), H8469 [28SE]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4336 [13JN]
National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]
Native Americans: protect tribes from coerced labor agreements (see H.R. 2992), H575 [29FE]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 5037, 5038), H9767 [11OC]
———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3539), H49 [27JA]
Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2967 [11MY]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]
Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H5037 [22JN]
Schools: promote the use of proven academic and classroom-management solutions for problems of behavior, attention, and learning in school children (see H. Res. 459), H1763 [4AP]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 1803), H1119 [16MR]
———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H574 [29FE]
———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H574 [29FE]
———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 4310), H3869 [25MY]
———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (see H.R. 4839), H5955 [12JY]
States: eliminate requirement of providing Social Security numbers on recreational license applications (see H.R. 1345), H4174 [9JN]
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]
Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 4472), H4675 [19JN]
———allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]
———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H1285 [22MR]
———allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H4675 [19JN]
———allow tax-free rollovers of amounts in one qualified State tuition program to another qualified State tuition program for the same beneficiary (see H.R. 3674), H509 [16FE]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H3869 [25MY]
———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4214), H1957 [6AP]
———expand dependent care credit (see H.R. 2259), H4174 [9JN]
———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools (see H.R. 2514), H3869 [25MY]
———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (see H.R. 1291), H2411 [2MY]
———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 4902), H6717 [20JY]
———provide incentives for health coverage (see H.R. 2261), H5436 [28JN]
———provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for acquisition of computer hardware and software (see H.R. 1076), H342 [10FE]
———provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for technology-related training (see H.R. 1075), H342 [10FE]
———provide partial income exclusion to certain teachers in high-poverty schools (see H.R. 2611), H209 [2FE]
———remove mandatory withdrawal requirements for individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 252), H1412 [27MR]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 1466), H574 [29FE]
———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H998 [14MR]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]
———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4111), H1587 [29MR]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H632 [1MR] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H1852 [5AP]
———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 4044), H1163 [21MR]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H10809 [24OC]
———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H342 [10FE]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H1629 [30MR]
———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see H.R. 3306), H931 [13MR]
———treatment of gold, silver, and platinum in the same manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of maximum capital gains rates (see H.R. 4170), H4174 [9JN]
———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 5004), H7282 [6SE]
U.S. Assay Commission: reestablish (see H.R. 3866), H1589 [29MR]
Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H922 [9MR]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7871 [19SE]
———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 363), H3649 [23MY]
Vitamins: revise regulations relative to dietary supplement labeling and provide that certain types of advertisements for dietary supplements are proper (see H.R. 3305), H931 [13MR]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3609), H2013 [10AP] (see H.R. 3625), H2341 [13AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Abortion: provide that the inferior courts do not have jurisdiction to hear partial-birth abortion-related cases (see H.R. 3691), H510 [16FE]
Census: limit decennial census questionnaires to requesting only information required by the Constitution (see H.R. 4085), H1405 [23MR]
Churches and synagogues: prohibit use of community development block grant funds to acquire church property without consent of the church (see H.R. 4084), H1405 [23MR]
Civil liberties: restore first amendment protections of religion and speech (see H.R. 5078), H7209 [27JY]
EPA: disapprove rules on proposed national pollutant discharge elimination system, antidegradation policy, and water quality planning and management regulations concerning total maximum daily load (see H.J. Res. 104), H6052 [13JY]
Medicare: preserve essential rural hospitals (see H.R. 5220), H7932 [20SE]
Pharmaceuticals: provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3636), H340 [10FE]
Taxation: allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (see H.R. 4799), H5655 [29JN]
———repeal withholding of income taxes and require individuals to pay taxes in monthly installments (see H.R. 4855), H6051 [13JY]
———treatment of sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (see H.R. 3692), H510 [16FE]
———waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal disease (see H.R. 4265), H2336 [13AP]
U.S.: reaffirm as a republic (see H. Con. Res. 443), H11954 [4DE]
Weapons: prohibit the destruction of intercontinental ballistic missile silos in the U.S. (see H.R. 3769), H630 [1MR]
World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (see H.J. Res. 89), H631 [1MR] (see H.J. Res. 90), H647 [6MR]
Excerpts
Constitutional Analysis of the U.N.: Herbert W. Titus, H7697-H7699 [18SE]
Letters
Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act: Ward Dean, H61
Remarks
Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H185 [2FE]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), consideration (H. Res. 457), H1772 [5AP]
———provide that the inferior courts do not have jurisdiction to hear partial-birth abortion-related cases (H.R. 3691), E151
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1484, H1507 [29MR], H1608, H1609 [30MR]
Bastrop, TX: tribute to Bastrop High School student council energy and environment committee, E513
Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7455 [12SE]
Budget: deficit, H3034 [15MY]
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E1555
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, H2393-H2398 [2MY]
———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3530 [23MY], H3720
China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (H. Con. Res. 292), H1433
Churches and synagogues: prohibit use of community development block grant funds to acquire church property without consent of the church, H1917 [6AP]
Colombia: authorize urgent support to secure peace and the rule of law, and to enhance the effectiveness of anti-drug efforts, H1507 [29MR]
———drug interdiction assistance, H7242 [6SE]
———eliminate all drug interdiction and counter-drug military assistance funding in emergency supplemental appropriations, H1608, H1609 [30MR]
Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (H.R. 3125), E1269
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9658
Dept. of Justice: Federal Prison System salaries and expenses funding reductions relative to INS use of secret evidence in the detention of certain non-citizens, H5000 [22JN]
———prohibit funding to implement Smith & Wesson (business) gun safety settlement agreement, H5142 [26JN]
Dept. of the Interior: transfer Palmetto Bend Project (S. 1474), H10571
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5000 [22JN], H5142 [26JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4285 [13JN]
Domestic policy: effect of political party objectives on the economy, H11866
Drugs: treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (H.R. 2130), H61
Economy: impact of foreign policy on domestic economic conditions, H9866 [12OC]
Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 4271), E1919
———importance and value of U.S. history education (S. Con. Res. 129), H5670
———national policy to improve system, H9815
———promote family literacy projects (H.R. 3222), H7468
———support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2732
———tribute to home educators and home schooled students (H. Res. 578), H8187
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 399), H8004
Elections: Presidential election results, H11866 [13NO]
Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (H.R. 4678), H7315
Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, H11866 [13NO]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding prohibition due to use of such funds for unintended purposes, H6008, H6009 [13JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H6008, H6009 [13JY]
Foreign trade: U.S. deficit, H3150 [16MY], H3530 [23MY]
FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, H3034 [15MY], H11939-H11941 [4DE]
———monetary policy, H9806 [11OC]
Gonzalez, TX: acceptance of the ``Come and Take It'' cannon from the Patrick J. Wagner estate relative to the war for ``Texas Independence'', E1607
Government: historical impact of establishing the U.S. Government as a ``Republic'', H81 [31JA], H185-H191 [2FE]
———impact of changes in morality on personal liberties, H188 [2FE]
———impact of economic prosperity on personal liberties, H82-H87 [31JA], H187-H191 [2FE]
———impact of regulations on personal liberties, H186 [2FE]
———impact of security-based surveillance on personal liberties, H185 [2FE]
———impact of technology on the size and nature of the Federal Government, H82 [31JA]
———separation of powers between Congress and the President (H.R. 2655), H5142 [26JN]
Hays County, TX: observance of Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, E444
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5636
———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5622 [29JN]
———prohibit implementation of a uniform medical identifier, H4285 [13JN]
Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1917 [6AP]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), E634
James Madison Commemoration Commission: establish (S. 3137), H11933
Kosovo: prohibit emergency supplemental appropriations for U.S. Armed Forces except to bring troops and equipment back to the U.S., H1608, H1609 [30MR]
Medicare: preserve essential rural hospitals (H.R. 5220), E1536
Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H891
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1197
O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3557), H384
———tribute (H. Con. Res. 317), H2596
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 782), H10605
Pharmaceuticals: provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (H.R. 3636), E114
Presidents of the U.S.: use of executive orders and other unilateral decision-making processes, H185 [2FE]
Privacy: prohibit appearance of Social Security numbers on, or through, unopened Dept. of the Treasury mailings (H.R. 3218), E1845
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3591), H1655
Round Top, TX: tribute to Independence Day parade, E1003
SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11260
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H598
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11260
Southwest Texas State University: tribute to All-Girl Cheerleading Squad, E49
Taxation: allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (H.R. 4799), E1170
———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (H.R. 936), E271
———allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses (H.R. 935), E117
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7334
———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (H.R. 937), E271
———rates, H82 [31JA]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), E1412
———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), H7428
———treatment of sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (H.R. 3692), E153
Texas: observance of Public Schools Week, E271
Texas Home School Appreciation Week: observance, E636
U.N.: terminate U.S. membership (H.R. 1146), H7697 [18SE]
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4115), H7291
Victoria, TX: tribute to Victoria High School varsity cheerleaders, E221
Weapons: prohibit the destruction of intercontinental ballistic missile silos in the U.S., H9658
World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 89), H612 [1MR]
———withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H2393-H2398 [2MY], H4657 [19JN], H4794, H4796, H4798, H4799, H4801, H4802, H4808, H4812 [21JN]
———withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), consideration (H. Res. 528), H4790 [21JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H8197 [26SE]
Special order: granted, H628 [1MR], H1161 [21MR], H3047 [15MY], H3170 [16MY], H3521 [22MY], H3918 [6JN], H4672 [19JN], H7265 [6SE], H7498 [12SE], H9816 [11OC], H9898 [12OC], H10254 [18OC], H11192 [25OC], H11877 [13NO], H11943 [4DE]
Subpoena Notices
District Court for Brazoria County, TX, H11846 [13NO]
Tributes
Bauman, Robert E., E1868
Holtman, Clyde, E1118