RYAN, PAUL (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H1693 [1MY]

Articles and editorials

One Victim . . . Or Two? Tracy Scheide Marciniak, H1634 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3519 [25JN]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend relative to voluntary early retirement benefits and medical benefits (see H.R. 2558), H4216 [18JY]

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2164), H3150 [13JN]

Armed Forces: commend adhherence by employers to policies protecting members of Reserve components from adverse employment actions motivated by involvement in the uniformed services (see H. Con. Res. 72), H1347 [29MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H1556 [24AP]

Aviation: provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3007), H6919 [16OC]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

Civil rights: limit attorneys' fees in certain civil rights cases (see H.R. 3319), H8337 [16NO]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H3863 [10JY]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 583), H3465 [21JN]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2917), H8843 [4DE]

Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (see H. Con. Res. 170), H3358 [20JN]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H1557 [24AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: implement certain price structures under Federal milk marketing orders and provide emergency market loss payments to certain dairy producers (see H.R. 3578), H10964 [20DE]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H2955 [6JN]

———use of distance or transportation costs as a basis for pricing milk (see H.R. 1505), H1497 [4AP]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H4725 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H3260 [19JN]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H2889 [5JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4217 [18JY]

Employment: exclude employer contributions to health care expenditure accounts from gross income for tax purposes and clarify applicability of ERISA to plans employing such accounts (see H.R. 2658), H4723 [26JY]

EPA: conduct a feasibility study of developing regional vehicle fuel specifications and of implementing the use of a uniform blend of gasoline in the Midwest (see H.R. 2017), H2847 [25MY]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H8948 [5DE]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H4378 [20JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to wetlands mitigation banking (see H.R. 1474), H5928 [21SE]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H1346 [29MR]

Foreign trade: encourage full participation in the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum (see H. Con. Res. 194), H5407 [5SE]

———extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3149 [13JN]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 353), H959 [19MR]

Government: require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 105), H2184 [15MY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see H.J. Res. 67), H7719 [1NO]

House Rules: prohibit the inclusion in any legislation of any provision which makes a decrease in Federal income taxes contingent upon another event or circumstance (see H. Res. 123), H1605 [25AP]

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]

Immigration: expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see H.R. 1242), H1188 [27MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H1489 [4AP]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H1554 [24AP]

Interstate commerce: renewal of interstate economic protectionism (see H. Res. 230), H5339 [2AU]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H3863 [10JY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H4009 [12JY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H224 [7FE]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3519 [25JN]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H3260 [19JN]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment and eliminating beneficiary lock-in and other administrative barriers (see H.R. 2709), H6505 [10OC]

———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. 868), H1925 [3MY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H6702 [11OC]

National Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government: establish (see H.R. 374), H1013 [20MR]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8248 [15NO]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H1556 [24AP]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6379 [4OC]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H3619 [26JN]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H27 [3JA]

———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H1410 [3AP]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 930), H1116 [22MR]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H324 [13FE]

Taxation: allow advanced applied technology equipment to be expensed and reduce the depreciation recovery periods for certain other property (see H.R. 2485), H6137 [2OC]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1190 [27MR]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H2710 [24MY]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H1012 [20MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 959), H1116 [22MR]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H2022 [8MY]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1182), H1490 [4AP]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H2956 [6JN]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H2956 [6JN]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H1012 [20MR]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 909), H2281 [16MY]

———provide comparable unrelated business taxable income treatment to tax-exempt organizations with interests in S corporations to treatment of such organizations with interests in partnerships (see H.R. 2846), H5454 [6SE]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1727), H2023 [8MY]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———rates (see H.R. 3), H650 [6MR] (see H.R. 1018), H927 [14MR]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H8843 [4DE]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H1408 [3AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1434), H1484 (see H.R. 1434), H1493 [4AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H3068 [12JN]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H875 [13MR]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1483), H1486 (see H.R. 1483), H1496 [4AP]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 661), H395 [14FE]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 85), H325 [13FE]

Veterans: expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (see H.R. 134), H1488 [4AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1013 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clean Air Act: amend gasoline requirements to prevent future supply shortages and price spikes in the gasoline market (see H.R. 3596), H10965 [20DE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2327), H3711 [27JN]

International economic relations: promote international monetary stability and share seigniorage with officially dollarized countries (see H.R. 2617), H4540 [24JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H1497 [4AP]

Taxation: reduce maximum capital gains tax rates (see H.R. 3039), H6379 [4OC]

———temporarily reduce capital gains rates (see H.R. 2293), H3465 [21JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1607 [26AP]

Letters

Economic revival plan: several economists and public policy advocates, E1739 [25SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: consideration of Class I milk price differentials in calculating price supports for dairy products, H6362 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6362 [4OC]

———price supports for dairy products, H6362 [4OC]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5678 [14SE]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1246 [28MR]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H4255 [19JY]

Congress: tribute to assistance received during closing of congressional offices due to anthrax bacteria outbreak, E2046 [8NO]

Coppernol. William W.: General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award recipient, E896 [22MY]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1634 [26AP]

Dept. of Energy: National Ignition Facility funding, H3674 [27JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4172 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6655 [11OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H8637, H8638, H8639 [29NO], E1739 [25SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3674 [27JN]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7277 [24OC]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5256 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5256 [2AU]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H6655 [11OC]

International economic relations: promote international monetary stability and share seigniorage with officially dollarized countries (H.R. 2617), E1419 [25JY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, H5121 [1AU]

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: prohibit funding for tax harmonization among developing nations, H4172 [18JY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), H1789 [2MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5121 [1AU]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H2649 [23MY]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7277 [24OC], H8173 [14NO], H8637, H8638, H8639 [29NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7228 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10852 [19DE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), H5608 [13SE]

———rates, H8637, H8638, H8639 [29NO]

———rates (H.R. 3), H769 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H754 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), H2211 [16MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), motion to instruct conferees, H2649 [23MY]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1313 [29MR]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, H5256 [2AU]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5502, H5586 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5502, H5586 [11SE]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (H.R. 3008), H8959 [6DE]

Tributes

Auch, Ronald, H2893 [6JN]