RYAN, PAUL (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4998, H5001, H5003 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 4420), H7575 [23SE]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H927 [9MR]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H393 [4FE]

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 218), H1323 [18MR]

Benwell, Dylan B.: condemn abduction by grandparents and call for return (see H. Res. 821), H8409 [6OC]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H2155 [2AP]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H514 [11FE]

———reform procedures, provide budget discipline, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3925), H1010 [10MR]

Clean Air Act: allow waiver of fuel and fuel additive requirements in cases of significant supply disruptions and reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 4545), H3962 [14JN]

———reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 5165), H7863 [29SE]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H5471 [9JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H434 [10FE]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 3990), H1229 [17MR]

Flag Day: recognize origination in Ozaukee County, WI (see H. Res. 662), H3964 [14JN]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 3684), H3781 [3JN]

Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H8168 [5OC]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4662), H4893 [23JN]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H1072 [11MR]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7735 [28SE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H5536 [12JY]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H575 [24FE]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H2154 [2AP]

Medicare: establish demonstration program to offset costs of electronic prescribing systems of health care providers (see H.R. 4805), H6707 [22JY]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 4543), H4287 [16JN]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 3860), H1072 [11MR]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the half-dollar coin in commemoration (see H.R. 4525), H4287 [16JN]

Republican Party: anniversary of first meeting in Ripon, WI (see H. Con. Res. 379), H871 [4MR]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H3441 (see H.R. 4391), H3541 [20MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3901), H871 [4MR]

———create lifetime savings accounts (see H.R. 4078), H1789 [31MR]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 2133), H3391 [19MY]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (see H.R. 4275), H2816 [11MY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H3784 [4JN]

———repeal sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act and repeal scheduled reductions in tax benefits provided by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 3773), H392 [4FE]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H1230 [17MR]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 4113), H7575 [23SE]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H2657 [5MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Community development: establish a National Enterprise Zone system to promote prosperity in economically depressed areas (see H.R. 4901), H6700 [22JY]

Social Security: reform by establishing a Personal Social Security Savings Program (see H.R. 4851), H5982 [19JY]

Taxation: make permanent the reduction in taxes on dividends and capital gains (see H.R. 4809), H5470 [9JY]

———modify taxation of arrow components (see H.R. 5394), H10078 [19NO]

Eulogies

Peer, Samuel A.: by Adam Peer, E429 [23MR]

Remarks

Appropriations: allow the President to propose elimination of wasteful spending through recissions in appropriations bills, H5004, H5006 [24JN]

Budget: consolidate budget functions into a one-page budget with spending divided into certain categories, H4978 [24JN]

———convert current nonbinding resolution into joint budget resolution that if signed by the President would have the force of law, H4998, H4999, H5000 [24JN]

———establish budget protection accounts allowing Congress to reduce spending and redirect it towards tax cuts or deficit reduction, H5002 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4978, H4985, H4987, H4998, H4999, H5000, H5002, H5004, H5006, H5041 [24JN]

———establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (H. Res. 692), H4902 [24JN]

———impose an entitlement cap to limit increases in total direct spending to increases in inflation and growth in a given program's beneficiary population, H4985 [24JN]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H5041 [24JN]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (H.R. 3800), H1357, H1358, H1359, H1360, H1362 [23MR]

———reform procedures, provide budget discipline, and account for accurate Government agency costs (H.R. 3925), H1357, H1358, H1359, H1360, H1362 [23MR]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H6102, H6103 [20JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1357, H1358, H1359, H1360, H1362 [23MR], H1532 [25MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revising (H. Res. 685), H4917 [24JN]

Clean Air Act: allow waiver of fuel and fuel additive requirements in cases of significant supply disruptions and reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (H.R. 4545), H4135, H4136, H4138 [15JN]

Columbia (space shuttle): anniversary of accident costing the lives of the crew (H. Res. 507), H262 [3FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 108th Congress, H2936 [13MY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7204, H7206 [15SE], H7279 [21SE]

Doetch, Tami: Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind American Star of Teaching award recipient, E1697 [24SE]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H4769 [23JN]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H4402 [17JN]

Government: provide an automatic continuing resolution to prevent shutdowns relative to budget process, H4987 [24JN]

Government regulations: reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes (H.R. 2432), H3151 [18MY]

Janesville, WI: dedication of Performing Arts Center, E1590 [10SE]

Journal: question of approval, H3792 [8JN]

Memorial Day: observance, E1027 [4JN]

OPM: prohibit use of funds to allow Federal employees to enroll in any high-deductible health plan that does not require at least 3 consecutive years of enrollment, H7279 [21SE]

———prohibit use of funds to allow the offering or administering health savings accounts or health reimbursement accounts as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7204, H7206 [15SE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3863 [9JN]

Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act: extend certain expiring tax benefits, H6102, H6103 [20JY]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 794), H7525 [23SE]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H6102, H6103 [20JY]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation, H2935 [13MY]

———modify taxation of arrow components (H.R. 5394), H10915, H10916 [6DE]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (H.R. 4275), H2933, H2934, H2935, H2936, H2939, H2942, H2943, H2944, H2946 [13MY]

———rates, H4917 [24JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4402 [17JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, H8722 [7OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4402 [17JN], H8722 [7OC]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), H2848, H2849 [12MY]

U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4842), H6639 [22JY]

Tributes

Peer, Samuel A., E429 [23MR]

Remus, Dan, H8641 [7OC]

Schneider, Sean, E520 [2AP], E1027 [4JN]