text: To repeal the Military Selective Service Act. , 2007-01-11, originally , 2001-04-26, cosponsored since , 1997-09-05. Abolishes the Selective Service System, prohibits reestablishment of the draft, and forbids denial of rights due to failure to register.
  Eminent domain: attempted to prevent the Department of Housing and Urban Development from seizing a church in New York through eminent domain.
  International Criminal Court (ICC): Barred ICC jurisdiction over the U.S. military (2002 amendment).
  Global tax: Barred American participation in any U.N. "global tax" (2005 amendment).
  Surveillance: Barred surveillance on peaceful First Amendment activities by citizens (2006 amendment). Individual privacy may be an area of Paul's greatest influence, and he has long worked tirelessly against forms of what he considers to be federal snooping.
  Sunlight Rule. , 2009-03-05, originally , 2006-03-02. Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to ensure that Members have a reasonable amount of time to read legislation that will be voted upon. Prohibits votes on legislation from occurring until ten days after its introduction, with the intent of giving lawmakers enough time to read bills before voting on them; allots 72 hours for House members and staff to examine the contents of amendments. Paul charged his fellow legislators with voting for the Patriot Act in 2001 without reading it first; more than 300 pages long, it was enacted into law less than 24 hours after being introduced.