PAUL, RAND (a Senator from Kentucky)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S3794, S3795, S3796, S3797 [6JN], S3848, S3853 [7JN], S3911, S3919 [11JN], S4159 [13JN], S4273 [19JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 117), S6468 [19SE]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8149 [18DE], S8305 [20DE], S8469 [28DE]

Congress: prohibit Members and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit (S. 2038), S171 [30JA], S189, S194, S199, S218, S219 [31JA], S298 [2FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S6978 [27NO], S7086, S7098 [28NO], S7181 [29NO], S7329 [3DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), S6112 [11SE], S6283 [12SE], S6368 [13SE]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 2072), S3092 [10MY], S3156 [15MY]

FDA: revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (S. 3187), S3452 [22MY]

FDIC: temporarily extend the Transaction Account Guarantee Program (S. 3637), S7746 [11DE]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of the National Flood Insurance Fund (S. 1940), S4483 [25JN]

Foreign aid: provide limitations on U.S. assistance (S. 3576), S6636 [21SE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (H.R. 5949), S8407, S8453 [27DE]

Immigration: permanently reauthorize the EB–5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver Program (S. 3245), S6002, S6007 [2AU]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (S. Res. 80), S2272, S2276 [29MR]

Postal Service: improve, sustain, and transform (S. 1789), S2429, S2431, S2432, S2433 [17AP], S2508, S2509 [18AP], S2650 [24AP], S2685, S2687, S2688, S2732 [25AP]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (S. 2204), S2100 [27MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S538, S540, S541, S543 [9FE], S572, S575, S576 [13FE], S1148 [29FE], S1647 [14MR]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1810, S1811 [19MR], S1870 [20MR]

Taxation: provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4963 [12JY]

Technology: enhance security and resiliency of U.S. cyber and communications infrastructure (S. 3414), S5568 [26JY], S5777, S5778, S5783, S5784 [31JY], S5885 [1AU], S5980 [2AU]

Articles and editorials

Rand Paul’s Situational Principle, H4645 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abdnor, James: tribute (see S. Res. 475), S3631 [24MY]

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see S. 2103), S2656 [24AP]

Aurora, CO: condemn movie theater shootings and express condolences for victims and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see S. Con. Res. 53), S5304 [24JY]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and replace sequester with other budget cuts (see S. 3482), S5976 [2AU]

——— require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (see S. 3228), S3516 [23MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (see S. Con. Res. 44), S2968 [8MY]

Civil War—U.S.: anniversary of the Battle of Mill Springs (see S. Res. 357), S163 [30JA]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see S. 2041), S163 [30JA]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see S. 3501), S5977 [2AU]

Dept. of Defense: provide for auditable financial statements (see S. 3487), S5977 [2AU]

Dept. of HHS: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services (see S. 2043), S262 [1FE]

Dept. of Justice: require Bureau of Prisons Director to be appointed by and with advice and consent of the Senate (see S. 2169), S1459 [7MR]

——— support appointment of an independent special counsel to investigate leaked intelligence information on covert operations (see S. Res. 489), S3977 [12JN]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see S. 2221), S1932 [21MR]

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (see S. 3450), S5487 [26JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove rule relative to U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens (see S.J. Res. 40), S3174 [15MY] (see S.J. Res. 46), S4725 [28JN]

EPA: require regional administrators to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (see S. 3053), S3042 [9MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (see S. 3280), S8203 [19DE]

Financial institutions: address fee disclosure requirements (see S. 3204), S5382 [25JY]

——— advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2231), S2001 [22MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 2213), S1847 [20MR]

Government regulations: impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof (see S. 3382), S4950 [12JY]

Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with other financial regulatory agencies (see S. 2054), S261 [1FE]

Inouye, Daniel K.: tribute (see S. Res. 624), S8138 [18DE]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 3178), S3174 [15MY]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 2173), S1459 [7MR]

Libya: commend U.S. public servants who died in attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, express condolences to families of victims, condemn the attack, and call for perpetrators to be brought to justice (see S. Res. 551), S6270 [12SE] (see S. Res. 588), S6626 [21SE]

McGovern, George S.: tribute (see S. Res. 607), S7303 [30NO]

Medicare: establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see S. 1042), S6745 [13NO]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings (see S. Res. 621), S8071 [17DE]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (see S.J. Res. 36), S850 [16FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 2118), S850 [16FE]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a moratorium on significant regulations imposed by a lame duck President (see S. 2368), S2731 [25AP]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see S.J. Res. 34), S77 [24JA]

——— establish a point of order to prohibit extension of the debt limit unless a concurrent budget resolution has been agreed to and is in effect (see S. 2040), S132 [26JA]

Public lands: provide for State approval of new units of national forests, parks, wildlife refuges, wild and scenic rivers, trails, wilderness, conservation or recreation areas, or other Federal systems (see S. 2473), S2823 [26AP]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see S. 3334), S4417 [21JN]

Rudman, Warren: tribute (see S. Res. 604), S7215 [29NO]

Senate: require sponsoring Senators to pay printing costs for ceremonial and commemorative Senate resolutions (see S. 3519), S5978 [2AU]

Specter, Arlen: tribute (see S. Res. 612), S7703 [10DE]

Taxation: provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see S. 3695), S8203 [19DE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 2242), S2166 [28MR]

——— require certain nonresident aliens to provide valid immigration documents to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 3083), S3517 [23MY]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: prohibit funding to negotiate if such treaty restricts the right to keep and bear arms (see S. 2205), S2002 [22MR]

Unemployment: require participation in public service and engagement in an active job search as conditions for receipt of extended benefits (see S. 2081), S494 [9FE]

University of Kentucky: tribute to men’s basketball team (see S. Res. 422), S2393 [17AP]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2245), S2166 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Afridi, Shakeel: relief (see S. 3259), S3688 [4JN]

Aviation: establish an air travelers’ bill of rights (see S. 3302), S4203 [14JN]

——— require security screening of passengers at airports to be carried out by private screening companies (see S. 3303), S4203 [14JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2012–2022 (see S. Con. Res. 39), S2243 [29MR] (see S. Con. Res. 40), S2324 [16AP] (see S. Con. Res. 42), S2824 [26AP]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see S. 3079), S3084 [10MY]

Census: provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any tabulation of total population (see S. 2470), S2823 [26AP]

Civil liberties: protect individual privacy against unwarranted governmental intrusion through the use of domestic unmanned aerial vehicles commonly called drones (see S. 3287), S3976 [12JN]

Congress: end the unconstitutional delegation of legislative power and direct GAO to issue a report detailing the extent of such delegation in order to phase it out (see S. 3361), S4724 [28JN]

——— preserve constitutional authority and ensure accountability and transparency in legislation (see S. 3360), S4724 [28JN]

——— require each bill enacted be limited to only one subject (see S. 3359), S4724 [28JN]

Economy: permit voluntary economic activity (see S. 2269), S2242 [29MR]

Egypt: prohibit direct foreign assistance until certain certifications are made relative to the treatment of nongovernmental organization workers (see S. 2327), S2546 [19AP]

EPA: prohibit awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or financial assistance under the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the U.S. (see S. 2226), S2001 [22MR]

Federal agencies and departments: strengthen employee cost savings suggestion programs (see S. 2085), S494 [9FE]

Foreign aid: provide limitations on U.S. assistance (see S. 3576), S6454 [19SE]

Medicare: eliminate sustainable growth rate system to ensure access to physicians’ services for beneficiaries (see S. 3337), S4460 [25JN]

Pakistan: prohibit assistance until Shakeel Afridi is freed (see S. 3260), S3688 [4JN] (see S. 3269), S3781 [6JN]

Senior citizens: provide higher-quality, lower-cost health care to seniors (see S. 2196), S1734 [15MR]

Taxation: disapprove rule relative to taxable medical devices (see S.J. Res. 51), S8364 [21DE]

Water: clarify definition of navigable waters relative to application of environmental protection regulations (see S. 2122), S850 [16FE]

Wildlife: repeal certain laws relative to criminal penalties and violations of foreign laws dealing with the illegal trafficking of wildlife, fish, and plants (see S. 2062), S323 [2FE]

Motions

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S1650 [14MR]

Privilege of the floor

Springer, Benedikt, S3798 [6JN]

Remarks

Afridi, Shakeel: relief (S. 3259), S5279 [24JY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S4125 [13JN], S4273 [19JN]

——— continue certain programs (S. 3240), motion to proceed, S3762 [6JN]

——— continue certain programs (S. 3240), unanimous-consent request, S3961 [12JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8469, S8470 [28DE]

Armed Forces: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force, S7024 [28NO], S7182, S7187 [29NO], S8327 [21DE]

Bridges: repairs and reconstruction funding, S4619 [26JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced, S3193 [16MY]

——— impact of entitlement programs, S3193 [16MY]

——— reform entitlement programs, S7421 [5DE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2012–2022 (S. Con. Res. 42), motion to proceed, S3193, S3221 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), motion to proceed, S3193 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 37), motion to proceed, S3193 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 41), motion to proceed, S3193 [16MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 44), motion to proceed, S3193 [16MY]

Civil liberties: prohibit unreasonable search or seizure of records of individuals held by a third party without express consent or issuance of a probable cause warrant, S8406, S8428 [27DE]

Congress: prohibit Members and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit (S. 2038), S194, S200 [31JA], S299, S300, S301 [2FE]

——— require Members and employees to certify they have not used material, nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal financial benefit, S299 [2FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: limit farm subsidy payments based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S4273 [19JN]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S4125 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), conference report, S8327 [21DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S7024 [28NO], S7182, S7187 [29NO], S7386 [4DE]

Dept. of Energy: end loan guarantee program and apply savings to deficit reduction and highway bridge program, S2048 [27MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), S6316 [13SE]

——— establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), unanimous-consent request, S6260 [12SE]

——— veterans job corps funding through reductions in foreign aid to Pakistan, Yemen, Egypt, and Libya, S6316 [13SE]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, S8562 [31DE]

Egypt: prohibit direct foreign assistance until certain certifications are made relative to the safety and protection of U.S. Embassy, S6260 [12SE]

——— prohibit direct foreign assistance until certain certifications are made relative to the treatment of nongovernmental organization workers, S2347, S2356, S2357 [17AP], S2684 [25AP]

——— suspend foreign aid until U.S. political prisoners are released, S405 [9FE], S593 [14FE], S821 [16FE]

EPA: disapprove rule relative to maximum achievable control technology for certain steam generating units (S.J. Res. 37), motion to proceed, S4331 [20JN]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit appointees or staff from holding positions giving them oversight, rule-making, loan or grant-making abilities over entities in which they have a significant financial interest, S194 [31JA], S300 [2FE]

Eximbank: prohibit financing of projects in countries that hold debt instruments of the U.S., S3156 [15MY]

——— reauthorize, S1834 [20MR]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 2072), S3156 [15MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 2072), motion to proceed, S3064 [10MY]

FDA: ensure regulations do not limit access to dietary supplements, S3501 [23MY], S3561 [24MY]

——— prohibit FDA employees from carrying firearms and making arrests without warrants, S3501 [23MY], S3561 [24MY]

——— require proof of intent for certain prohibited acts, S3501 [23MY], S3561 [24MY]

——— revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (S. 3187), S3501 [23MY], S3561 [24MY]

Foreign aid: make conditional upon promise of protection for U.S. Embassies and diplomats, S6583–S6585 [21SE]

——— provide limitations on U.S. assistance (S. 3576), S6564, S6583, S6599, S6600 [21SE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (H.R. 5949), S8406, S8428 [27DE]

Gulf of Mexico: restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), conference report, S4749 [29JN]

Health: establishment of Sanford and Susan Greenberg Prize To End Blindness by 20/20, S7790, S7791 [12DE]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, S8469, S8470 [28DE]

——— provide for nonapplication of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act for Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery projects, S8469 [28DE]

——— supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy through reductions in foreign aid funding, S8470 [28DE]

Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), S7421 [5DE]

——— reform, S7421 [5DE]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (S.J. Res. 41), S6582, S6602 [21SE]

——— strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (H.R. 1905), unanimous-consent request, S2066 [27MR]

Libya: prohibit foreign assistance until the perpetrators of the attack on the U.S. Embassy are brought to justice, S6260 [12SE]

Members of Congress: deny retirement benefits for former Members who work as lobbyists or engage in lobbying activities, S200 [31JA]

Middle East: clarify authority to declare war or use military force in Iran or Syria, S2066 [27MR]

Pakistan: prohibit assistance until Shakeel Afridi is freed, S3762 [6JN], S3961 [12JN], S6260 [12SE], S6316 [13SE], S6599, S6600 [21SE]

——— prohibit assistance until Shakeel Afridi is freed (S. 3269), S4619 [26JN], S5054 [17JY], S5186 [19JY], S5279 [24JY]

Postal Service: consider impact of regulations when developing a profitability plan, S2687 [25AP]

——— end mailbox use monopoly, S2650 [24AP]

——— establish pilot program to test alternative methods for the delivery of postal services, S2686 [25AP]

——— improve, sustain, and transform (S. 1789), S2650 [24AP], S2684, S2685, S2686, S2687, S2688 [25AP]

——— improve, sustain, and transform (S. 1789), motion to proceed, S2347, S2356, S2357 [17AP]

——— prohibit employees from engaging in collective bargaining, S2688 [25AP]

——— require closing of post offices in the Capitol Complex, S2685 [25AP]

Power resources: eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy (S. 2204), motion to proceed, S2047 [27MR]

Presidential appointments: disapprove appointment of certain officers or employees during a congressional recess of less than 3 days and express that such appointments are unconstitutional, S179 [31JA]

——— Senate process for confirmation of Dept. of Energy nominees, S604, S605 [14FE]

Roads and highways: assess need for environmental reviews and approval requirements for certain emergency highway construction projects, S1647, S1649, S1650 [14MR]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S593 [14FE], S821 [16FE], S1647, S1649, S1650 [14MR]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), motion to proceed, S405 [9FE]

——— 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. 4348), conference report, S4749 [29JN]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1834 [20MR]

Syria: establish no-fly zone, S7386 [4DE]

Taxation: reduce the corporate income tax rate, S2048 [27MR]

——— reform the Federal tax code, S3194 [16MY]