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        <fullName>Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Gas Price Relief for Schools Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to a state or local government unit responsible for providing school bus transportation to a public school system to assist it in offsetting increases in school bus transportation operating costs due to higher fuel prices.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Gas Price Relief for Schools Act of 2008</title>
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