RYUN, JIM (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11982 [16DE]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), H7864 [13SE], H7908 [14SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 95, setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010, H2520 [26AP]

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), H195 [25JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 552), H350 [2FE]

Annan, Kofi: call for resignation as U.N. Secretary General (see H. Res. 277), H3261 [12MY]

Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security discretionary spending (see H.R. 3903, 3904, 3906), H8735 [6OC]

Armed Forces: extend period after release from active duty during which a member is protected from mortgage foreclosure (see H.R. 2644), H7949 [14SE]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H236 [26JA]

———prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (see H.R. 458), H284 [1FE]

Bank for International Settlements (organization): establish committee to develop uniform U.S. positions on issues before the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and review capital standards accord (see H.R. 1226), H1368 [10MR]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 685), H521 [9FE]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see H.R. 1337), H2880 [3MY]

Braille, Louis: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2872), H11110 [6DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

———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]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see H.R. 2842), H4355 [9JN]

Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 3011), H4895 [21JN]

Christmas Day: protect symbols and traditions (see H. Res. 579), H11505 [13DE]

Civil liberties: support the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 302), H11328 [8DE]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 239), H7564 [28JY]

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 2470), H5604 [30JN]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1651), H3695 [19MY]

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), H982 [3MR]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote federalism (see H.R. 1070), H980 [3MR]

———provide protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy (see H.R. 1151), H1023 [8MR]

Crime: combat unlawful commercial sex activities by targeting demand, prohibit operation of sex tours, and protect children and assist State and local law enforcement relative to such activities (see H.R. 2012), H9556 [2NO]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 1594), H7743 [7SE]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 216), H1371 [10MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 34), H1264 [9MR]

Diseases: anniversary of development of Salk polio vaccine (see H. Res. 208), H1895 [12AP]

District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 72), H197 [25JA]

———restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H4187 [7JN]

Drugs: adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 1501), H1844 [6AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H7743 [7SE]

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

Ed Eilert Post Office Building, Overland Park, KS: designate (see H.R. 1524), H1845 [6AP]

Education: clarify existing Federal law relative to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law (see H.R. 3753), H7860 [13SE]

———repeal or eliminate certain Federal education programs (see H.R. 4018), H8847 [17OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 598), H352 [2FE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H942 [2MR]

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]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H11655 [14DE]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (see H.R. 1079), H981 [3MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H1372 [10MR]

Financial institutions: provide an exemption from certain requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (see H.R. 2387), H4144 [26MY]

———provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3505), H8163 [20SE]

———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1185), H1263 [9MR]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H627 [15FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H4401 [13JN]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment protecting religious freedom (see H.J. Res. 57), H5602 [30JN]

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

GSA: provide a site for construction of a national health museum (see H.R. 3630), H9047 [24OC]

Health: provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (see H.R. 2520), H3767 [23MY]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H9472 [1NO]

———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 1461), H1777 [5AP]

Immigration: match willing U.S. workers with employers, increase and fairly apportion H-2B visas, and ensure H-2B visas serve their intended purpose (see H.R. 1587), H4896 [21JN]

———provide for true enforcement and border security (see H.R. 4313), H11036 [18NO]

———revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information on H-2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 793), H848 [1MR]

———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (see H.R. 4437), H11504 [13DE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: impose mandatory sentencing ranges with respect to aliens who reenter the U.S. after having been removed (see H.R. 3150), H7743 [7SE]

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

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1000), H7613 [29JY]

Investments: improve the access of investors to regulatory records relative to securities brokers, dealers, and investment advisers (see H.R. 1077), H981 [3MR]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H3894 [24MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H285 [1FE]

———require labor organizations to guarantee members the opportunity to vote on contracts prior to work stoppage (see H.R. 1748), H4985 [22JN]

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the notification of democratic rights of union members (see H.R. 1073, 1074), H980 [3MR]

———provide for civil monetary penalties in certain cases (see H.R. 1075), H981 [3MR]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 136), H413 [8FE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1426), H1693 [17MR]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H4656 [16JN]

Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 964), H11035 [18NO]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see H.R. 823), H4073 [25MY]

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (see H.R. 596), H352 [2FE]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H9556 [2NO]

———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1816), H3695 [19MY]

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), H413 [8FE]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1297), H1507 [15MR]

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. 3323), H6432 [25JY]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 3403), H6380 [22JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 4318), H11880 [15DE]

Petroleum: streamline the process of Federal approval for construction or expansion of refineries (see H.R. 3923), H8648 [3OC]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 689), H1417 [14MR]

———repeal limits on contributions and party campaign expenditures, restore certain rights to exempt organizations, and allow State and local parties to make expenditures using nonfederal funds (see H.R. 1316), H3056 [5MY]

Power resources: expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence (see H.R. 1608), H1968 [13AP]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN] (see H.R. 4128), H9426 [28OC]

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

Small business: improve affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers (see H.R. 490), H285 [1FE]

Social Security: provide certain benefits to individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H524 [9FE]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]

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]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued to finance certain energy projects (see H.R. 2794), H6652 [26JY]

———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), H4143 [26MY]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2121), H7814 [8SE]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (see H.R. 404), H234 [26JA]

———establish a commission on tax reform (see H.R. 41), H72 [4JA]

———exclude from gross income certain hazard mitigation assistance (see H.R. 387), H798 [17FE]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H4356 [9JN]

———extend incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 2498), H5915 [14JY]

———provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against the Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 4400), H11033 [18NO]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H5604 [30JN]

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

———provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (see H.R. 1134), H988 [7MR]

———provide incentives for oil refineries, oil and gas pipelines, and petroleum storage facilities (see H.R. 3924), H8648 [3OC]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (see H.R. 405), H234 [26JA]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 402), H234 [26JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H286 [1FE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H7743 [7SE]

———temporarily suspend Federal excise taxes on highway motor fuels (see H.R. 3683), H7950 [14SE]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H73 [4JA]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H587 [14FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide improved interest rate relief for servicemembers during periods of military service (see H.R. 2859), H4355 [9JN] (see H.R. 4563), H11879 [15DE]

Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 413), H234 [26JA]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 1804), H2471 [21AP] (see H.R. 2513), H3694 [19MY]

———codify oath of allegiance and encourage efforts of prospective citizens to become citizens (see H.R. 4168), H9362 [27OC]

Dept. of HUD: exclude amounts received as a military basic housing allowance from consideration as income for purposes of eligibility for federally assisted low-income housing programs (see H.R. 3186), H5602 [30JN]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H2879 [3MY]

Geary County, KS: convey certain land to Geary County Fire Dept. (see H.R. 781), H583 [10FE]

Medicare: provide access to audiologists (see H.R. 415), H234 [26JA]

Public lands: improve efficiency and fairness of railroad rights-of-way acquisitions for interim use as public trails by applying standard Federal real estate acquisitions procedures (see H.R. 1261), H1370 [10MR]

Tariff: athletic footwear (see H.R. 3391), H6327 [21JY] (see H.R. 3484, 3489), H6934 [27JY]

———footwear (see H.R. 3483), H6933 [27JY]

———footwear for men (see H.R. 3486), H6934 [27JY]

———footwear with open toes or heels (see H.R. 3386, 3392), H6327 [21JY]

———girls' footwear (see H.R. 3389), H6327 [21JY]

———leather footwear (see H.R. 3491), H6934 [27JY]

———protective footwear (see H.R. 3390), H6327 [21JY]

———rubber or plastic footwear (see H.R. 3487, 3490), H6934 [27JY]

———women's footwear (see H.R. 3388), H6327 [21JY]

———work footwear (see H.R. 3387, 3393, 3394, 3395), H6327 [21JY] (see H.R. 3485, 3488), H6934 [27JY]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 414), H234 [26JA]

———increase base and adjusted base amounts used for purposes of determining the amount of Social Security benefits excluded from gross income (see H.R. 2202), H3055 [5MY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H4009, H4012, H4013 [25MY]

———prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (H.R. 458), E1461 [12JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H12235 [18DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H10623 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 640), H12235 [18DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1551 [16MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H2706 [28AP]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance, H11983, H11984 [16DE]

Courts: condemn court decision in U.S. v. Helder, Jr., on attempted solicitation of a law enforcement officer posing as a minor on the Internet, H7908 [14SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4009, H4012, H4013 [25MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: funding, H1551 [16MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H1901 [13AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2419), H3794 [24MY]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H7000 [28JY]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), H3774 [24MY]

Immigration: strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H11983, H11984 [16DE]

Jacobs Creek Landing, KS: Neosho River logjam cleanup funding, H3794 [24MY]

Law enforcement: make improvements to the national sex offender registration program (H.R. 3132), H7908 [14SE]

Medicaid: reform, H10623 [17NO]

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 (H.R. 418), H563 [10FE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2447 [21AP]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 4128), H9476 [2NO]

Schiavo, Terri: relief of parents, Robert and Mary Schindler (S. 686), H1714 [20MR]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 525), E1665 [29JY]

Supreme Court: disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property, H5259 [28JN]

Votes: position on missed, E625 [12AP], E1523 [19JY], E2114 [18OC]

Tributes

Bicknell, Gene, E1368 [27JN]