PAUL, RON (a Representative from Texas)

Articles and editorials

Man Versus the Therapeutic State, Jacob Sullum, Reason (publication), E1750• [13NO]

Ronald Hamowy, R.I.P., Stephen Cox, Liberty Unbound (Internet site), E1786• [16NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 6173), H5200 [24JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to voluntarily correct a violation prior to commencing civil action (see H.R. 3356), H3662 [7JN]

Armed Forces: express that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization by Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor (see H. Con. Res. 107), H4864 [12JY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 3368), H220 [31JA]

Aviation: require certain air carriers and their agents and ticket agents to disclose certain costs and fees (see H.R. 3867), H374 [1FE]

CBO: make all data and other information relating to the estimating of the cost of legislation available on its public website (see H.R. 6136), H5526 [31JY]

Congress: require each bill enacted be limited to only one subject (see H.R. 3806), H1154 [5MR]

Dept. of HHS: clarify standards relative to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification (see H.R. 6118), H5766 [10SE]

——— eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see H.R. 6320), H5705 [2AU]

——— implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H.R. 2600), H2569 [9MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H1428 [20MR]

——— prohibit appropriated funds from being used to pay for an abortion (see H.R. 5646), H3363 [31MY]

Dept. of HUD: terminate authority to provide assistance under the Tenant Resource Network Program (see H.R. 6298), H5705 [2AU]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit administration or enforcement of certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities (see H.R. 4200), H1847 [16AP]

——— prohibit tracking and cataloguing purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns (see H.R. 3814), H158 [24JA]

——— revise certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities (see H.R. 4256), H1570 [26MR]

——— transmit to the House of Representatives documents relative to the practice of targeted killing U.S. citizens and targets abroad (see H. Res. 819), H6536 [29NO]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit finalization of proposed rule relative to domestic service employees (see H.R. 5970), H5712 [2AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H4775 [10JY]

——— deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 210), H571 [7FE]

Drugs: exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct authorized by State law (see H.R. 6335), H6234 [20SE]

——— provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the States (see H.R. 6134), H4907 [17JY]

——— provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law governing marijuana (see H.R. 6606), H6469 [27NO]

EPA: repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 3098), H5766 [10SE]

Eximbank: abolish (see H.R. 4268), H2447 [8MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (see H.R. 5969), H5712 [2AU]

FDA: expedite approval of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions (see H.R. 4132), H2569 [9MY]

Federal agencies and departments: develop public access policies relative to research conducted by that agency or from funds administered by that agency (see H.R. 4004), H1391 [19MR]

——— require quarterly reports on agency conferences and meetings (see H.R. 4631), H2123 [25AP]

Federal-State relations: allow States and localities to return unused Federal grant funds to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 3994), H966 [27FE]

Financial institutions: limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3808 [19JN]

——— provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H571 [7FE]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 6174), H5631 [1AU]

Health: urge Members of Congress favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and agree to enroll in such option (see H. Res. 615), H2330 [7MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H5525 [31JY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

House of Representatives: reestablish Page Program (see H. Res. 397), H4065 [26JN]

House Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 623), H2072 [24AP]

Insurance: provide savings by permitting pass-through funding for State authorized public entity health benefits pools (see H.R. 6234), H6302 [5OC]

——— repeal medical loss ratio requirements for health insurance (see H.R. 2077), H27 [17JA]

IRS: disapprove rule relative to the health insurance premium tax credit (see H.J. Res. 112), H5079 [19JY]

Medicare: recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 3831), H966 [27FE]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 6721), H7516 [31DE]

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 3643), H966 [27FE]

Motor vehicles: exempt certain class A driver’s license holders in the agriculture industry from requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement when operating certain service vehicles (see H.R. 2429), H220 [31JA]

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 3993), H692 [9FE]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (see H.J. Res. 103), H901 [16FE]

——— prohibit from requiring that employers provide to the Board or a labor organization telephone numbers or e-mail addresses of any employees (see H.R. 3991), H1978 [18AP]

Patents: provide for an exception from infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles (see H.R. 3889), H5009 [18JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H5525 [31JY]

——— ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see H.R. 4971), H2267 [27AP]

——— repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 5842), H3267 [30MY]

Paul Brown U.S. Courthouse, Sherman, TX: designate (see H.R. 6633), H6765 [12DE]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2672), H2813 [16MY]

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 (see H. Res. 509), H26 [17JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: clarify that Executive orders infringing on congressional powers and duties or requiring expenditure of funds not specifically appropriated has no force or effect (see H. Con. Res. 98), H219 [31JA]

——— establish a moratorium on significant regulations imposed by a lame duck President (see H.R. 4607), H2066 [24AP]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 98), H8 [13JA]

Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 4046), H801 [15FE]

Social Security: permit hospitals to make incentive payments to physicians to promote quality and efficiency (see H.R. 6176), H5331 [30JY]

States: permit exemptions from certain requirements of Federal environmental laws for producers of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 6075), H4908 [17JY]

Taxation: allow certain tax-advantaged investment plans for tuition for elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5932), H3698 [8JN]

——— allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1190), H1846 [16AP]

——— allow rehabilitation expenditures for public school buildings to qualify for rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 6151), H5331 [30JY]

——— allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 2502), H2134 [25AP]

——— allow transfer of required minimum distributions from a retirement plan to a health savings account (see H.R. 3819), H572 [7FE]

——— exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic medal winners (see H.R. 6267), H5712 [2AU]

——— expand access to Coverdell education savings accounts (see H.R. 6289), H5704 [2AU]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 2479), H4907 [17JY]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 2353), H2288 [27AP]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4336), H3578 [6JN]

——— extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 942), H3976 [21JN]

——— increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 2198), H4157 [27JN]

——— increase limitation on the amount of charitable contributions of ordinary income property taken into account in determining the charitable contribution deduction for any trade or business (see H.R. 2592), H2072 [24AP]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 3728), H5712 [2AU]

——— modify timing rules for determining gross income relative to certain construction contracts (see H.R. 1993), H5009 [18JY]

——— permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 3600), H2647 [10MY]

——— permit health plans without a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as high deductible plans relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 6162), H5078 [19JY]

——— prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5912), H3660 [7JN]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 6597), H6428 [16NO]

——— provide that the prohibition on suits to restrain assessment or collection of tax does not apply to the tax provisions of health care reform legislation (see H.R. 3558), H1017 [28FE]

——— repeal certain tax increases enacted as part of health care reform (see H.R. 6088), H4908 [17JY]

——— support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings (see H. Con. Res. 101), H901 [16FE]

——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1614), H5923 [12SE]

Telecommunications: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 3481), H6302 [5OC]

Wildlife: repeal certain laws relative to criminal penalties and violations of foreign laws dealing with the illegal trafficking of wildlife, fish, and plants (see H.R. 4171), H1428 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: repeal authority to detain certain terrorists pursuant to authorization for use of military force (see H.R. 3785), H77 [18JA]

Pharmaceuticals: allow importation, distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and devices intended for use by terminally ill patients (see H.R. 6342), H5706 [2AU]

Syria: prohibit funding for support of military or paramilitary operations by any nation, group, organization, movement, or individual (see H.R. 5993), H3974 [21JN]

Tariff: cerium sulfide pigments (see H.R. 5629), H2443 [8MY]

——— lutetium oxide (see H.R. 5627), H2443 [8MY]

——— yttrium oxide and europium oxide mixtures or coprecipitates (see H.R. 5628), H2443 [8MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Armed Forces: repeal authority to detain certain terrorists pursuant to authorization for use of military force (H.R. 3785), H78 [18JA]

Pharmaceuticals: allow importation, distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and devices intended for use by terminally ill patients (H.R. 6342), H5710 [2AU]

Syria: prohibit funding for support of military or paramilitary operations by any nation, group, organization, movement, or individual (H.R. 5993), H3975 [21JN]

Tariff: cerium sulfide pigments (H.R. 5629), H2446 [8MY]

——— lutetium oxide (H.R. 5627), H2446 [8MY]

——— yttrium oxide and europium oxide mixtures or coprecipitates (H.R. 5628), H2446 [8MY]

Lists

Persons denied access to compassionate drug use by the FDA, E1408• [3AU]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (H.R. 3541), H3189• [30MY]

Armed Forces: repeal authority to detain certain terrorists pursuant to authorization for use of military force (H.R. 3785), H39 [18JA]

Brazoria County, TX: anniversary of Sweeny Civic Club (organization), E544• [17AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1793• [29MR]

Convoy of Hope (organization): tribute, E454• [27MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), conference report, H7394• [20DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4941 [18JY]

——— military operations in Afghanistan funding, H4941 [18JY]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 2072), H2476• [9MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (H.R. 5949), H5900• [12SE]

——— provide safeguards for communications involving persons inside the U.S., H5900• [12SE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (H.R. 459), H5151, H5153 [24JY]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H6362 [14NO]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (H. Res. 568), E828• [17MY]

——— strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (H.R. 1905), Senate amendment (H. Res. 750), H5568, H5571 [1AU]

Israel: reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (H.R. 4133), H2488• [9MY]

Moldova: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), H6416• [16NO]

National objectives: priority assignments, H6362–H6367 [14NO]

Pharmaceuticals: allow importation, distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and devices intended for use by terminally ill patients (H.R. 6342), E1407• [3AU]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), H56 [18JA]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), H6416• [16NO]

——— impose sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, the conspiracy to defraud Russia of taxes on corporate profits, and other human rights violations, H6416• [16NO]

Syria: impose sanctions due to human rights abuses, H5568, H5571 [1AU]

——— prohibit funding for support of military or paramilitary operations by any nation, group, organization, movement, or individual, H3740 [19JN]

——— prohibit funding for support of military or paramilitary operations by any nation, group, organization, movement, or individual (H.R. 5993), H4071 [27JN], E1106• [21JN]

Taxation: expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), H5676• [2AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H6510 [29NO]

Tributes

Hamowy, Ronald, E1786• [16NO]

Reixach, Pete, E766• [10MY]

Resch, H. George, E1983• [21DE]

Szasz, Thomas, E1750• [13NO]