PAUL, RON (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H2642 [16MY], H3017 [22MY], H3080 [23MY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H974 [14MR], H1075 [16MR]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize (H.R. 2829), H835 [9MR]

Articles and editorials

Coca Crop Jumps Despite U.S. Aid, John Otis, Houston (TX) Chronicle, E596 [25AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H2103 [3MY]

Alexander McRae Dechman Post Office Building, Grand Prarie, TX: designate (see H.R. 5626), H4133 [15JN]

Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1743 [25AP]

Children and youth: reform Federal procedures relating to intercountry adoption (see H.R. 5726), H4915 [29JN]

Courts: jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the content of speech occurring during sessions of State legislative bodies (see H.R. 4776), H387 [16FE]

Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H225 [8FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: support efforts of citizen groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity of U.S. borders (see H. Res. 839), H3226 [24MY]

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), H274 [14FE]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit issuance and enforcement of certain requirements relative to commercial motor vehicle drivers (see H.R. 3725), H26 [31JA]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: restore Federal aid for the repair, restoration, and replacement of private nonprofit educational facilities that are damaged or destroyed by a major disaster (see H.R. 4517), H1197 [28MR]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H4424 [21JN]

Diseases: issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 42), H2503 [10MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions (see H.R. 1177), H2180 [8MY]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H973 [14MR]

FCC: oppose rules authorizing Broadband Over Power Line Systems without more comprehensive evaluation of interference potential to public safety services and other licensed radio services (see H. Res. 230), H2706 (see H. Res. 230), H2759 [17MY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5051), H2175 [4MY]

Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4561), H791 [8MR]

Help America Vote Act: extend deadline by which States which received payments under such Act for the replacement of punch card or lever voting systems must ensure that all such systems are replaced (see H.R. 4666), H566 [2MR]

Higher Education Act: amend relative to Academic Competitiveness Grants to preserve State authority over secondary school curricula (see H.R. 4810), H1197 [28MR]

House Rules: curtail the growth of Government programs (see H. Res. 690), H510 [1MR]

———prohibit the consideration of conference reports on omnibus appropriation bills (see H. Res. 701), H509 [1MR]

Hurricanes: commend efforts of faith-based and community organizations in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H. Res. 823), H4521 [22JN]

Immigration: reform litigation procedures (see H.R. 5541), H3496 [7JN]

Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 4976), H1981 [2MY]

Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, prevent the establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence, and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (see H. Con. Res. 348), H1060 [15MR]

Lance Corporal Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building, Cleveland, TX: designate (see H.R. 5108), H2706 (see H.R. 5108), H2758 [17MY]

Law enforcement: ensure that a sex offender or a sexually violent predator is not eligible for parole (see H.R. 4621), H333 [15FE]

Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 3795), H3724 [9JN]

———modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 4042), H3424 [6JN]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4328 [20JN]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H3724 [9JN]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5246), H2503 [10MY]

Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (see H.R. 5341), H2706 (see H.R. 5341), H2758 [17MY]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 544), H1131 [16MR]

National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H1981 [2MY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H4917 [29JN]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H2586 [11MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H1853 [26AP]

Privacy: eliminate requirement that States collect Social Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses (see H.R. 4144), H3724 [9JN]

Radioactive substances: study health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of such contaminated sites (see H.R. 2410), H1917 [27AP]

Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 355), H1453 [4AP]

Senior citizens: tribute (see H. Res. 874), H4555 [26JN]

Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office, Dimmitt, TX: designate (see H.R. 5540), H3496 [7JN]

Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 5242), H3788 [12JN]

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. 5636), H4189 [16JN]

Taxation: allow a business tax credit for contributions to education scholarship organizations (see H.R. 4834), H1131 [16MR]

———allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see H.R. 5230), H1915 [27AP]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 4961), H3309 (see H.R. 4961), H3361 [25MY]

———applicability of volume cap for private activity bonds to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1708), H1742 [25AP]

———creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 4945), H972 [14MR]

———encourage use of corrosion prevention and mitigation measures in the construction and maintenance of business property (see H.R. 4913), H2706 (see H.R. 4913), H2758 [17MY]

———establish Catastrophe Savings Accounts (see H.R. 4836), H1681 [6AP]

———exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property and rural housing (see H.R. 4854), H5047 [11JY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H1853 [26AP]

———extend deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses and expand such deduction for certain science, technology, engineering, and math professionals who become certified teachers (see H.R. 4622), H2641 [16MY]

———improve and expand education savings accounts (see H.R. 5314), H2833 (see H.R. 5314), H2891 [18MY]

———increase contribution limits for individual retirement plans, defined contribution plans, and salary reduction plans (see H.R. 5322), H4328 [20JN]

———increase deduction for purchase of qualified heath care information technology by medical care providers and allow a credit for telecommunications charges paid or incurred by such providers (see H.R. 4641), H1197 [28MR]

———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5638), H4521 [22JN]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (see H.R. 4918), H1391 [30MR]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see H.R. 713), H572 [6MR]

———provide double deduction for a portion of an individual's State and local property taxes in excess of the national average (see H.R. 4620), H3724 [9JN]

———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H2339 [9MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H451 [28FE]

Veterans: continuation of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouse of a veteran if such spouse remarries after a certain age (see H.R. 1462), H155 [1FE]

———expand scope of educational programs for which accelerated payments of assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill may be used (see H.R. 717), H1563 [5AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H450 [28FE]

Veterans' Right To Know Commission: establish (see H.R. 4259), H1981 [2MY]

Women's Museum—An Institute for the Future: tribute (see H. Res. 730), H1129 [16MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: protect citizen soldiers (see H.R. 4797), H388 [16FE]

Courts: limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (see H.R. 5739), H4915 [29JN]

Foreign trade: oppose OPIC, IMF or Eximbank aid to countries that subsidize their steel industries and for projects producing goods subject to antidumping duties (see H.R. 5627), H4134 [15JN]

FRS: require the Board of Governors to continue to make available to the public information on the measure of the M3 monetary aggregate and its components (see H.R. 4892), H644 [7MR]

House Rules: allow a reasonable amount of time for Members to read legislation prior to voting (see H. Res. 709), H565 [2MR]

NASA: commend completion of Discovery (space shuttle) mission (see H. Con. Res. 445), H5128 [12JY]

Senior citizens: improve quality of life (see H.R. 5211), H1852 [26AP]

Social Security: replace certain employment requirements for Government pension offset exemption with the rule that last applied prior to enactment of the Social Security Protection Act (see H.R. 5210), H1852 [26AP]

Taxation: allow medical care providers a credit for uncompensated emergency medical care and to allow hospitals a deduction for such care (see H.R. 4872), H565 [2MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (see H.R. 5210), H1852 [26AP]

Poems

``My Beloved Sons'', E1379 [12JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3080, H3081, H3082 [23MY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 4890), H4483 [22JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H1002 [15MR], H1076 [16MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), conference report, E1153 [14JN]

Armed Forces: protect citizen soldiers (H.R. 4797), E190 [17FE]

Budget: deficit, H470 [1MR]

Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), H592 [7MR]

Colleges and universities: Federal control over college curriculum, H1358 [30MR]

Colombia: U.S. policy, E596 [25AP]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling (H.R. 4411), H4986 [11JY]

Courts: limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (H.R. 5739), E1326 [29JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: National Animal Identification System funding, H3080, H3081, H3082 [23MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), E831 [15MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5631), H4253 [20JN]

Economy: dominance of the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency, H318-H324 [15FE], H1729-H1733 [25AP]

FAA: modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system (H.R. 5449), E1074 [8JN]

Foreign trade: oppose OPIC, IMF or Eximbank aid to countries that subsidize their steel industries and for projects producing goods subject to antidumping duties (H.R. 5627), E1162 [15JN]

FRS: require the Board of Governors to continue to make available to the public information on the measure of the M3 monetary aggregate and its components (H.R. 4892), E298 [7MR]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2028 [3MY]

———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying, H321 [15FE]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1358 [30MR]

House Rules: allow a reasonable amount of time for Members to read legislation prior to voting (H. Res. 709), E261 [2MR]

———eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise facilities for registered lobbyists who are former Members or officers of the House (H. Res. 648), H37 [1FE]

Iran: condemn resumption of nuclear research efforts and support referral to the U.N. Security Council for noncompliance with International Atomic Energy Agency obligations (H. Con. Res. 341), H340 [16FE], H1557 [5AP]

———hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (H.R. 282), H1557 [5AP], H1758, H1759, H1762, H1765, H1767 [26AP]

———resolve crisis regarding the nuclear program diplomatically, H4498 [22JN]

———U.S. policy, H1555-H1559 [5AP]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H1166 [28MR], H1555-H1559 [5AP], H4906, H4911 [29JN]

———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 55), H4159 [16JN]

Middle East: withhold U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if any representative political party holding a majority of parliamentary seats calls for the destruction of Israel (S. Con. Res. 79), H285 [15FE]

NASA: commend completion of Discovery (space shuttle) mission (H. Con. Res. 445), E1380 [12JY]

National objectives: priority assignments, H4905 [29JN]

National security: support efforts to track terrorist financing and condemn disclosure and publication of classified information on this crucial method by which terrorists are traced (H. Res. 895), H4889 [29JN]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize (H.R. 2829), H835, H837 [9MR]

———sunset reauthorization, H835, H837 [9MR]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H1954 [2MY]

Port Lavaca, TX: tribute to Calhoun High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E806 [11MY]

Taxation: allow medical care providers a credit for uncompensated emergency medical care and to allow hospitals a deduction for such care (H.R. 4872), E257 [2MR]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4159 [16JN]

Texas: hurricane recovery assistance funding, H1076 [16MR], E1153 [14JN]

Victoria, TX: tribute to Victoria Memorial High School cheerleading squad, E832 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H446 [28FE], H1193 [28MR], H1977 [2MY], H3420 [6JN], H4326 [20JN], H4517 [22JN]

Reports

Coast Guard Air Station Houston Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Anthony Marcos, Coast Guard, E958 [24MY]

Tributes

Browne, Harry, E374 [15MR]

Everson, David L., Sr., E782 [10MY]

Farmer, Bruce J., Sr., E1379 [12JY]