RYAN, PAUL (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Analyses

Five Budget Reasons To Repeal the Democrats' Costly New Health Care Law, S77 [25JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 361), H6978 [14OC]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H393 [20JA]

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see H.R. 3583), H8260 [7DE]

———require greater accountability in spending in direct spending programs (see H.R. 3579), H8260 [7DE]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 3577), H8259 [7DE]

———establish binding limits on spending and deficits (see H.R. 3576), H8259 [7DE]

———establish joint resolutions on the budget (see H.R. 3575), H8259 [7DE]

———increase transparency in Federal budgeting (see H.R. 3581), H8260 [7DE]

———provide for long-term budgeting (see H.R. 3580), H8260 [7DE]

———reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year's spending levels (see H.R. 3578), H8259 [7DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6043 [9SE]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see H.R. 3582), H8260 [7DE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H134 [7JA]

Courts: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 212), H133 [7JA]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H4674 [6JY]

Dallas Mavericks (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 311), H4327 [16JN]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2514), H5018 [13JY]

Dept. of the Interior: delegate to States certain authorities relative to management of cormorants (see H.R. 3074), H6855 [12OC]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H5489 [25JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit provision of grants or funds to State or local governments for any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for a motorcycle riders (see H.R. 904), H1573 [3MR]

Endangered species: authorize permits for takings of wolves to protect from wolf depreciation in States where wolf populations exceed recovery goals (see H.R. 3453), H8126 [2DE]

———remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species (see H.R. 509), H554 [8FE]

EPA: exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see H.R. 1558), H6855 [12OC]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 642), H1392 [28FE]

———prohibit from regulating information services or Internet access services absent a market failure (see H.R. 166), H3000 [3MY]

Federal agencies and departments: provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see H.R. 3609), H8728 [12DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H3304 [13MY]

———provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the U.S. by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Depts. of State or Defense (see H.R. 615), H5399 [22JY]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 304), H5905 [12AU]

Government regulations: prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (see H.R. 2898), H6782 [11OC]

Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term for conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and provide conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises (see H.R. 1182), H2605 [12AP]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H397 [20JA]

Health: repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H4187 [14JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H5127 [15JY]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H5019 [13JY]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4673 [6JY]

Japan: commend for extending official apology to former U.S. POW from the Pacific War and moving forward in planning to invite surviving members to Japan (see H. Res. 333), H6183 [14SE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1390 [28FE]

Medicare: provide for annual mailing of statements of beneficiary part A contributions and benefits in coordination with annual mailing of Social Security account statements (see H.R. 1252), H2106 [30MR]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see H. Res. 268), H4590 [5JY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H5489 [25JY]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: retain ban on lobbying State legislators using Federal tax dollars and urge focus on motorcycle crash prevention and rider education and training (see H. Res. 239), H2933 [2MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (see H.R. 358), H394 [20JA]

———provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2268 [1AP]

———repeal (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see H.R. 1173), H5127 [15JY]

Power resources: expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and expand renewable electricity (see H.R. 909), H1573 [3MR]

Schertz Veterans Post Office, Schertz, TX: designate (see H.R. 771), H2605 [12AP]

———designate, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 771), H3987 [2JN]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 144), H38 [5JA]

Social Security: establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and format of data used in the administration of certain human services programs (see H.R. 3339), H7400 [4NO]

Taxation: provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 567), H598 [9FE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H6921 [13OC]

———terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 3308), H7893 [18NO]

Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 3421), H7929 [29NO]

———award Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to memorials established at 3 sites honoring individuals killed in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2864), H6140 [13SE]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H8881 [13DE]

U.N.: promote transparency, accountability, and reform (see H.R. 2829), H6626 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (see H.R. 3521), H7998 [30NO]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2575 [11AP]

Committee on the Budget (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 126), H1391 [28FE]

Stranger Safety Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 302), H4075 [13JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), H7999 [30NO]

Letters

Cut, Cap, and Balance Act: by, Committee on the Budget (House), H5221 [19JY]

———Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5221 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: by, Committee on the Budget (House), E995 [31MY]

Patent and Trademark Office funding: by, S5373 [7SE]

Presidential requirement to submit proposed legislation relative to Medicare Trustees funding warning: by, Committee on the Budget (House), S3759 [14JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), conference report, H7778 [17NO]

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), E2131 [30NO]

———making continuing, H6326 [21SE], E1718 [23SE]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H3822 [1JN], H4104 [14JN], E167 [8FE]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6779 [11OC], H6851 [12OC], H7158 [27OC]

Budget: comply with cut-as-you-go requirement, H22 [5JA]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5712, H5714, H5715 [28JY], H5859 [1AU]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5184, H5210, H5212, H5213, H5215, H5217, H5219, H5221 [19JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), motion to recommit, H5226 [19JY]

———deficit, H211 [18JA]

———prohibit consideration of a balanced budget constitutional amendment that would result in a reduction of veterans' benefits, H5226 [19JY]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H447 [25JA]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2804, H2806, H2807, H2809, H2810, H2811, H2812, H2816, H2817, H2820, H2821, H2823, H2825, H2826, H2828 [14AP], H2891, H2893, H2895, H2900 [15AP]

———status report, H7393 [4NO]

CBO: ensure any budgetary costs associated with approving or disapproving regulations are accounted for under the budget process, H8220 [7DE]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5712, H5714, H5715 [28JY]

Committee on the Budget (House): authority of Chairman to determine Federal spending levels for fiscal year, H447 [25JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), consideration (H. Res. 287), H3822 [1JN]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, H2821 [14AP]

Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), H5859 [1AU]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), H8220 [7DE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks, H418 [24JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H209, H210, H211, H212, H214, H215 [18JA]

House of Representatives: tribute to staff who worked on H. Con. Res. 34, Federal budget for 2012-2021, H2901 [15AP]

House Rules: amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H22 [5JA]

Medicare: reform, H2805, H2806, H2810, H2811, H2812, H2820, H2825, H2826, H2828 [14AP], H2893 [15AP], H3822 [1JN]

Patent and Trademark Office: prohibit diversion, redirection, or transfer of funding, H4452 [22JN]

Patents: reform (H.R. 1249), H4452 [22JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H209, H210, H211, H212, H214, H215 [18JA]

Postal Service: extend deadline for payment to be made in connection with financing of future health benefits for retirees, H6326 [21SE]

———impact of prefunding of retiree benefits, E1718 [23SE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), H1490 [2MR]

Small Business Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6326 [21SE], E1718 [23SE]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6326 [21SE], E1718 [23SE]

Taxation: rates, H2816, H2817, H2823 [14AP], H5210 [19JY]

Transportation: extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), H6117 [13SE]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3078), H6797 [12OC]

Votes: position on missed, H7875 [18NO], E1677 [21SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6269 [20SE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S2117 [5AP]

Reports

Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H7393-H7395 [4NO], H9921-H9923 [16DE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 112th Congress: Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Rept. 112-147), H5084 [14JY]

———Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Rept. 112-358), H10032 [30DE]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2012-2021: Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 34) (H. Rept. 112-58), H2575 [11AP]

Tables

Allocations of spending authority to House committees other than the Committee on Appropriations (House), H720 [11FE]

Budget aggregates, H6779 [11OC], H6851 [12OC], H7158 [27OC]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, H314, H352 [19JA]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H3822 [1JN], H4104 [14JN], E168 [8FE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6779 [11OC], H6852 [12OC], H7158 [27OC]

Tributes

McCollough, Angela Z., E977 [27MY]