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
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
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
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
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
Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, E2012
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
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
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
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
———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
———rates, H1314 [23MR], H8294 [27SE]
University of Wisconsin: tribute to men's basketball team, H1421 [28MR]
Votes: position on missed, H4446
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H252 [8FE]
Texts of
S. 1198, Truth in Regulating Act, H8706 [3OC]
Tributes
Kasten, Bob, E2012
Misner, Dan, E550
Polzin, Richard, E691
Pruitt, Jerry, H8065 [26SE]