PAUL, RON (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5196 [6JY], H5292, H5294, H5297, H5315 [7JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6757 [7SE], H6943 [9SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5794 [14JY], H5855 [15JY]

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), H5195 [6JY]

Annan, Kofi A.: call for resignation as Secretary General of the U.N. due to allegations of fraud and mismanagement of the U.N. Oil for Food Program (see H. Res. 869), H10926 [6DE]

Armed Forces: allow certain active-duty personnel to elect to become eligible or withdraw election not to enroll for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1328), H3605 [1JN]

———forgive certain overpayments of retired pay to deceased retired members after death (see H.R. 2944), H6756 [7SE]

———prescription drug benefits for Medicare-eligible enrollees under defense health care plans (see H.R. 3390), H1072 [11MR]

———provide dislocation allowance to retired members and those on temporary disability retired list moving from their last duty station to designated home (see H.R. 995), H3605 [1JN]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H2019 [1AP]

Aviation Maintenance Technician Day: establish (see H. Res. 586), H7330 [21SE]

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), H3873 [9JN]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H831 [3MR]

Business and industry: prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 3888), H830 [3MR]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (see H.R. 4317), H2727 [6MY]

Congress: disapprove certain regulations issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (see H.R. 4236, 4237), H2482 [28AP]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H8168 [5OC]

Conner, Garlin M.: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 327), H89 [21JA]

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]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H3438 (see H.R. 4430), H3538 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: continue exercise of statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts (see H. Con. Res. 522), H9999 [18NO]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 775), H7443 [22SE]

———establish an Office of Intercountry Adoptions and reform U.S. laws governing intercountry adoptions (see H.R. 3896), H871 [4MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3777), H392 [4FE]

Disasters: make beach nourishment projects eligible for inclusion in mitigation plans, and for hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 3804), H3781 [3JN]

Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building, Edinburg, TX: designate (see H.R. 4299), H2726 [6MY]

Education: authorize local educational agencies in rural areas to obtain a limited waiver of certain requirements relative to the employment of highly qualified teachers (see H.R. 3781), H927 [9MR]

Elections: assert that terrorists will never cause the date of a Presidential election to be postponed and that no individual or agency will have the authority to postpone a Presidential election (see H. Res. 728), H6127 [20JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend the Impact Aid program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet the needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 3795), H576 [24FE]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H88 [21JA]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3066), H250 [30JA]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 3281), H2200 [20AP]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 4571), H5151 [25JN]

Financial institutions: allow credit unions to provide international money transfer services to nonmembers and require certain disclosures in connection with any international money transfer (see H.R. 4348), H3873 [9JN]

———clarify applicability of State law to national banks (see H.R. 5251), H8857 [7OC]

———ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union capital standards (see H.R. 3579), H576 [24FE]

———increase the aggregate asset size limitation of the small bank regulatory relief provision and provide for future adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 3952), H2733 [10MY]

Firearms: update certain procedures applicable to commerce and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 4048), H1592 [25MR]

Gordon Wood Post Office Building, Stamford, TX: designate (see H.R. 5196), H9051 [8OC]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H872 [4MR]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H8168 [5OC]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see H.R. 4156), H3873 [9JN]

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), H2265 [21AP]

Immigration and Nationality Act: modify treatment of adopted children (see H.R. 4561), H4580 [18JN]

Irma Rangel Post Office Building, Kingsville, TX: designate (see H.R. 4829), H5792 [14JY]

Kazakhstan: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3708), H35 [20JA]

Medicaid: permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H2199 [20AP]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4257), H2491 [30AP]

———contain costs of prescription drug program (see H.R. 3854), H872 [4MR]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H7575 [23SE]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 1995), H9963 [17NO]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H8409 [6OC]

Members of Congress: prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 3791), H434 [10FE]

———reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 3736), H516 [11FE]

———render previous service of individuals expelled from Congress as noncreditable for purposes of determining eligibility for retirement and disability benefits (see H.R. 1098), H752 [2MR]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 3729), H2154 [2AP]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 720, 720), H6707 [22JY]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 864), H10079 [19NO]

Native Americans: ensure that any business owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on Indian lands is not considered an employer under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 4680), H5984 [19JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend enforcement provisions (see H.R. 4712), H6128 [20JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 2728), H2549 [4MY]

OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (see H.R. 2730), H2549 [4MY]

———provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (see H.R. 2731), H2549 [4MY]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H514 [11FE]

Public housing: protect rights of tenants who are evicted as a result of criminal activity through no fault of their own (see H.R. 1429), H3719 [2JN]

Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 1741), H3605 [1JN]

Social Security: reduce risk of identity theft by limiting use of Social Security numbers on certain Government-issued identification cards and Government documents (see H.R. 4846), H5908 [15JY]

———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 business credit for donations for vocational educational purposes (see H.R. 2763), H6756 [7SE]

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

———allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (see H.R. 4432), H3438 (see H.R. 4432), H3538 [20MY]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 3103), H393 [4FE]

———allow issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance certain surface transportation facilities (see H.R. 3857), H699 [26FE]

———exempt certain limousines from gas guzzler tax (see H.R. 2662), H393 [4FE]

———expand work opportunity credit to include trade adjustment assistance as a targeted group (see H.R. 3678), H128 [27JA]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 4796), H5470 [9JY]

———make allowance of the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent (see H.R. 5384), H9999 [18NO]

———modify the alternative minimum tax on individuals by permitting the deduction for State and local taxes and adjust exemption amounts for inflation (see H.R. 4629), H4646 [21JN]

———nonrecognition of gain on certain real property which is involuntarily converted as the result of the exercise of eminent domain, without regard to whether such property is replaced (see H.R. 4603), H5536 [12JY]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H575 [24FE]

———provide an incentive to preserve affordable housing in multifamily housing units which are sold or exchanged (see H.R. 3485), H2658 [5MY]

———provide for refunds to taxpayers of the budget surplus for each year of surplus (see H.R. 3784), H1643 [29MR]

———provide that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 4502), H3780 [3JN]

———provide that medical expenses of a child with special needs is allowable as a medical expense deduction without regard to the adjusted gross income threshold (see H.R. 4653), H7580 [24SE]

———repeal the medicine and drugs limitation on the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 3596), H1230 [17MR]

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 3397), H753 [2MR]

———treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 4849), H7073 [13SE]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4007), H1322 [18MR] (see H.R. 4279), H2816 [11MY]

———update optional methods for computing self-employment net earnings (see H.R. 2747), H2199 [20AP]

Taylor, Charles E.: tribute (see H. Res. 586), H7330 [21SE]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (see H.R. 4836), H5907 [15JY]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H4928 (see H.R. 4284), H5072 [24JN]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Belarus: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3823), H574 [24FE]

Courts: ensure that courts interpret the Constitution in the manner that the Framers intended (see H.R. 4118), H2018 [1AP]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (see H.R. 3893), H871 [4MR]

Health: establish system independent of the FDA to review health claims relative to the benefits of foods and dietary supplements (see H.R. 4004), H1322 [18MR]

Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (see H.R. 5236), H8408 [6OC]

Taxation: allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (see H.R. 4025), H1483 [24MR]

———waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal disease (see H.R. 3811), H515 [11FE]

Television: repeal regulations that interfere with a consumer's ability to obtain desired programming from cable or satellite providers and that would increase the price of a television set (see H.R. 4024), H1483 [24MR]

UNESCO: U.S. membership (see H. Con. Res. 443), H3780 [3JN]

Remarks

Belarus: normal trade relations status (H.R. 3823), E215 [24FE]

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), H4970 [24JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1561 [25MR]

Bureau of the Census: American Community Survey funding, H5292 [7JY]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H10226-H10229 [20NO]

Civil Rights Act: anniversary (H. Res. 676), H4808 [23JN]

Congress: disapprove certain regulations issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (H.R. 4236), E692 [28AP]

———disapprove certain regulations issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (H.R. 4237), E692 [28AP]

Constitution—U.S.: tribute, H7544 [23SE]

Courts: ensure that courts interpret the Constitution in the manner that the Framers intended (H.R. 4118), E512 [2AP]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), H6609 [22JY]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (H.R. 3893), E309 [4MR]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (H.R. 2028), H7470 [23SE]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 339), H953 [10MR]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), H657 [26FE]

Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances, H5313 [7JY]

DEA: anniversary (H. Res. 412), H773, H775, H777 [3MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5292, H5294, H5297, H5302, H5313, H5315 [7JY], H5352 [8JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6943 [9SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3193), H7772 [29SE]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H773, H775, H777 [3MR]

Drugs: enforce Federal laws prohibiting the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, H5302 [7JY]

———establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (H.R. 3015), H8072 [5OC]

———prohibit prosecution of physicians for prescribing certain controlled substances for pain relief or management, H5294 [7JY]

Eximbank: prohibit funding to approve loan guarantees to businesses reincorporating overseas, H5875 [15JY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7928 [30SE]

Foreign aid: prohibit allocations to countries refusing to extradite criminal suspects to the U.S. for trial or sentencing, H5880 [15JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations, H5352 [8JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5855, H5857, H5875, H5880 [15JY]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H2354-H2356 [22AP], H6917 [9SE]

———disavow the doctrine of preemption, H10227-H10229 [20NO]

———impact of foreign interventionism, H3754 [3JN]

Health: establish system independent of the FDA to review health claims relative to the benefits of foods and dietary supplements (H.R. 4004), E391 [17MR]

House of Representatives: require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House not later than 21 days after the vacancy is announced in extraordinary circumstances (H.R. 2844), H2317 [22AP], H3678 [2JN]

Inflation: impact on economic conditions, H5384 [8JY]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H370 [4FE], H1193, H1211 [17MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4834 [23JN]

Iran: condemn development of means to produce nuclear weapons (H. Con. Res. 398), E877 [17MY]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (H. Res. 557), H1193, H1211 [17MR]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H2354-H2356 [22AP]

———condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, investigate and take corrective action against those involved, and reaffirm support for those serving honorably in Iraq (H. Res. 627), H2692 [6MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on appointment of individuals to fill House of Representatives vacancies (H.J. Res. 83), H3678 [2JN]

Mental health: prohibit funds to create or implement a new screening program, H6943 [9SE]

———prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program (H.R. 5236), E1828 [7OC]

Mexico: agree to certain amendments to the agreement establishing the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (H.R. 254), Senate amendment, H1392 [24MR]

Middle East: support security of Israel and principles of peace in the Middle East (H. Con. Res. 460), H4797 [23JN]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, H5855, H5857 [15JY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: submittal of final report, H2354-H2356 [22AP]

National objectives: priority assignments, H503-H508 [11FE]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8911 [8OC]

———require all young persons to perform a period of military or civilian service (H.R. 163), H8128 [5OC]

NATO: welcome accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia (H. Res. 558), E530 [2AP]

Pharmaceuticals: effect of law enforcement efforts on legitimate prescriptions for relief of chronic pain, E177 [12FE]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (H.R. 1699), H8072 [5OC]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), H9983 [18NO]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3865 [9JN]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 743), Senate amendment, H463 [11FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, H463 [11FE]

Space policy: tribute to privately financed SpaceShipOne mission on successful flight out of earth's atmosphere, E1282 [25JN]

States: requirements relative to access to election ballots for certain parties (H.R. 1941), E1385 [15JY]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (H. Con. Res. 467), E1469 [22JY]

———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (S. 2781), H10042 [19NO]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (H. Con. Res. 414), H2930 [13MY]

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (H. Con. Res. 462), H5758, H5759, H5760 [14JY]

Taxation: allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (H.R. 4025), E444 [24MR]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4406 [17JN]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4406 [17JN]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, H463 [11FE]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (H.R. 3717), E346 [11MR], E384-E386 [16MR]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (H.R. 3717), consideration (H. Res. 554), H1018 [11MR]

Television: repeal regulations that interfere with a consumer's ability to obtain desired programming from cable or satellite providers and that would increase the price of a television set (H.R. 4024), E442 [24MR]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 757), H6917 [9SE]

U.N.: prohibit funding for payment of U.S. contributions to U.N. or any affiliated agency, H5315 [7JY]

UNESCO: U.S. membership, H5297 [7JY]

War Powers Resolution: compliance, H370 [4FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H297 [3FE], H925 [9MR], H1228 [17MR], H3717 [2JN], H3777 [3JN], H5192 [6JY], H5534 [12JY], H7326 [21SE], H7572 [23SE], H9720 [16NO], H10230 [20NO]

Tributes

Crane, Representative, H9888 [17NO]

Tamez, Cassandra, E625 [22AP]