RYAN, PAUL (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H972 [3MR]

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. 356), H2102 [14AP]

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see H.R. 2068), H8248 [21SE]

———provide producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to be planted on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 2045), H6652 [26JY]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H413 [8FE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H1372 [10MR]

Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H5638 [11JY]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H1970 [13AP]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 2290), H3197 [11MY]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 3011), H11035 [18NO]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 1459), H1777 [5AP] (see H.R. 1493), H1844 [6AP]

Community development: establish a National Enterprise Zone system to promote prosperity in economically depressed areas (see H.R. 2182), H3054 [5MY]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]

———infringement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on parental rights in Fields v. Palmdale School District (see H. Res. 547), H10157 [10NO]

———limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1100), H4722 [17JN]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1510 [15MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H798 [17FE]

———strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H3056 [5MY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 1814), H2548 [26AP]

Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H4356 [9JN]

Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9361 [27OC]

Dept. of Justice: provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H11220 [7DE]

Diseases: support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8342 [22SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H5604 [30JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H3434 [17MY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer (see H.R. 3813), H8389 [27SE]

Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 318), H4486 [14JN]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 859), H718 [16FE]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9641 [3NO]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H1851 [8AP]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 4546), H11653 [14DE]

———provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H11110 [6DE]

———require Government credit card bills to be made available to the public (see H.R. 4089), H8985 [19OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H7814 [8SE]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2965), H4721 [17JN]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H2880 [3MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H989 [7MR]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6936 [27JY]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for State restoration programs and activities (see H.R. 792), H1779 [5AP]

Health: strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H4722 [17JN]

House Rules: strengthen budget process (see H. Res. 121), H3696 [19MY]

Housing: reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 1461), H3436 [17MY]

Hunting and trapping: recognize vital importance of hunting as a legitimate tool of wildlife resource management (see H. Con. Res. 305), H10909 [17NO]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 884), H2648 [27AP]

———improve border security (see H.R. 2330), H5362 [28JN]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H1025 [8MR]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 2355), H3261 [12MY]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H137 [6JA]

Iraq: recognize importance and credibility of an independent Iraqi judiciary in the formation of a new and democratic Iraq (see H. Res. 534), H9695 [4NO]

Iron and steel industry: urge the Dept. of Commerce and ITC to consider the impact of steel antidumping or countervailing duties on steel-consuming manufacturers and the economy when conducting sunset reviews (see H. Res. 84), H4562 [15JN]

John H. Bradley Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Appleton, WI: designate (see H.R. 1691), H8089 [15SE]

La Follette, Robert M., Sr.: tribute (see H. Res. 226), H2472 [21AP]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (see H.R. 3132), H7673 [6SE]

Law enforcement officers: issue commemorative postage stamp for officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 85), H3057 [5MY]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H4187 [7JN]

———provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 1264), H8513 [28SE]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H2103 [14AP]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H6652 [26JY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1632), H3894 [24MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H8919 [18OC]

National Campus Safety Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 15), H7862 [13SE]

National Review (publication): anniversary (see H. Res. 551), H10157 [10NO]

National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (see H.R. 418), H235 [26JA]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 581), H1264 [9MR]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 184), H1851 [8AP]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H7815 [8SE]

———protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5963 [18JY] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Post Office Building, Madison, WI: designate (see H.R. 1760), H2470 [21AP]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]

Schools: express support for prayer at school board meetings (see H. Res. 146), H4074 [25MY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H1690 [17MR]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H348 [2FE]

Social Security: dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3304), H5913 [14JY]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 1714), H2393 [20AP]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H353 [2FE]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5435 (see H. Res. 340), H5480 [29JN]

Tariff: fixed ratio speed changers for truck-mounted concrete mixers (see H.R. 2198), H3055 [5MY]

———natural cork (see H.R. 1944), H2979 [4MY]

Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings (see H.R. 4217), H9640 [3NO]

Taxation: allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 652), H1896 [12AP]

———allow certain modifications to be made to qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see H.R. 1010), H2648 [27AP]

———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H11504 [13DE]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H7814 [8SE]

———exclude certain truck tractors from Federal excise tax imposed on heavy trucks and trailers sold at retail (see H.R. 1049), H2738 [28AP]

———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 819), H7861 [13SE]

———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H3196 [11MY]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1345), H3695 [19MY]

———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H628 [15FE]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1417), H1897 [12AP]

———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H3054 [5MY]

———provide for deductibility of medical expenses by individuals (see H.R. 4625), H12167 [17DE]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of qualified health insurance (see H.R. 1872), H2646 [27AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H524 [9FE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H5177 [24JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1517), H1845 [6AP]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 897), H792 [17FE]

———restore equity and complete transfer of motor fuel excise taxes on motorboat and small engine fuels into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (see H.R. 1063), H941 [2MR]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H3695 [19MY]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 1092), H981 [3MR]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H1778 [5AP]

———improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes (see H.R. 2963), H10157 [10NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Social Security: reform by establishing a Personal Social Security Savings Program and provide new limitations on the budget (see H.R. 1776), H2470 [21AP]

Tariff: air freshener electric devices (see H.R. 2557), H3768 [23MY]

———air freshener electric devices with warmer units (see H.R. 2556), H3768 [23MY]

———motorcycle wheel assembly machines (see H.R. 2015), H2737 [28AP]

———unidirectional (cardioid) electret condenser microphone modules (see H.R. 1202), H1264 [9MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H5361 [28JN]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2121), H3052 [5MY]

———clarify calculation of the reserve allowance for medical benefits of plans sponsored by bona fide associations (see H.R. 3599), H7560 [28JY]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2952), H4655 [16JN]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1532), H1850 [8AP] (see H.R. 1548), H1893 [12AP]

Remarks

Budget: deficit, H2697 [28AP], H5777 [13JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10635 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), motion to instruct conferees, H11963, H11964 [16DE]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11239 [8DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 248), H2697 [28AP]

Children and youth: child support enforcement programs funding, H11964 [16DE]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels, H2189 [20AP]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6114 [20JY], H6903 [27JY]

Harley-Davidson, Inc.: tribute, E807 [28AP]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), E2602 [17DE]

Iraq: call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), H11015 [18NO]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H11015 [18NO]

John H. Bradley Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Appleton, WI: designate (H.R. 1691), H9489 [2NO]

Medicaid: funding, H2697 [28AP]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H11764 [15DE]

Petroleum: expedite construction of new refinery capacity in the U.S. and provide reliable and affordable energy (H.R. 3893), H8764 [7OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 219), H2189 [20AP]

Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, CA: designate (H.R. 787), H1907 [13AP]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H6114 [20JY]

———privatization proposals, H2634, H2636 [27AP], H5262 [28JN]

———reform, H2634, H2636, H2638 [27AP], H5262 [28JN]

———reform by establishing a Personal Social Security Savings Program and provide new limitations on the budget (H.R. 1776), H2634 [27AP], E750 [22AP]

Tariff: air freshener electric devices (H.R. 2557), E1062 [23MY]

———air freshener electric devices with warmer units (H.R. 2556), E1062 [23MY]

———motorcycle wheel assembly machines (H.R. 2015), E807 [28AP]

———unidirectional (cardioid) electret condenser microphone modules (H.R. 1202), E395 [9MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (H.R. 3098), E1382 [28JN]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (H.R. 2121), E890 [5MY]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (H.R. 2952), E1265 [17JN]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (H.R. 1532), E597 [8AP]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4340), H11169, H11175 [7DE]

Votes: position on missed, H3594 [19MY], E809 [28AP], E2300 [8NO]

WCLO-Radio (Janesville, WI): anniversary, E1717 [29JY]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (H.J. Res. 27), H4310 [9JN]

World War II: tribute to veterans, E737 [22AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3691 [19MY], H9693 [4NO], H9960 [7NO], H10036 [8NO]

Special order: granted, H5798 [13JY]