[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 3 (Thursday, January 8, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S211-S212]
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              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Reid, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 167. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Kyl, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Specter, Ms. Cantwell, 
             and Mr. McCain):
       S. 168. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to provide for compensation to States incarcerating 
     undocumented aliens charged with a felony or 2 or more 
     misdemeanors; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Corker, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
             Martinez, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 169. A bill to provide for a biennial budget process and 
     a biennial appropriations process and to enhance oversight 
     and the performance of the Federal Government; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Inouye, 
             Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 170. A bill to authorize the acquisition of interests in 
     undeveloped coastal areas in order better to ensure their 
     protection from development and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Inouye, 
             Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Reed, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Nelson of Florida):
       S. 171. A bill to develop and maintain an integrated system 
     of coastal and ocean observations for the Nation's coasts, 
     oceans, and Great Lakes, to improve warnings of tsunami, 
     hurricanes, El Nino events, and other natural hazards, to 
     enhance homeland security, to support maritime operations, to 
     improve management of coastal and marine resources, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. 
             Rockefeller):
       S. 172. A bill to establish a coordinated national ocean 
     exploration program within the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. 
             Boxer, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 173. A bill to establish an interagency committee to 
     develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan 
     and to establish an ocean acidification program within NOAA; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, and Ms. 
             Snowe):
       S. 174. A bill to establish a coordinated and comprehensive 
     Federal ocean and coastal mapping program; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 175. A bill to evaluate certain skills certification 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 176. A bill to improve the job access and reverse 
     commute program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 177. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to extend 
     the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business 
     Technology Transfer programs, to increase the allocation of 
     Federal agency grants for those programs, to add water, 
     energy, transportation, and domestic security related 
     research to the list of topics deserving special 
     consideration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 178. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education of 1965 to authorize a connecting education and 
     emerging professions demonstration grant program; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 179. A bill to improve quality in health care by 
     providing incentives for adoption of modern information 
     technology; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       S. 180. A bill to establish the Cache La Poudre River 
     National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Harkin, 
             Mr. Leahy, Mr. Reid, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Levin, 
             Mr. Kerry, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Akaka, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Dorgan,

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             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Johnson, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. 
             Carper, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. Webb, Mr. Casey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. 
             McCaskill, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Tester, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Warner, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Begich, and Mr. 
             Pryor):
       S. 181. A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 
     and to modify the operation of the Americans with 
     Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
     to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or 
     other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each 
     time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory 
     compensation decision or other practice, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Harkin, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
             Kerry, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reed, Mr. Schumer, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Akaka, and 
             Mr. Reid):
       S. 182. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of 
     discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
     and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       S. 183. A bill to establish the Dominguez-Escalante 
     National Conservation Area and the Dominguez Canyon 
     Wilderness Area; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       S. 184. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to carry out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in the 
     State of Colorado; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       S. 185. A bill to establish the Sangre de Cristo National 
     Heritage Area in the State of Colorado, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       S. 186. A bill to establish the South Park National 
     Heritage Area in the State of Colorado, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 187. A bill to provide for the construction of the 
     Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 188. A bill to provide for a study of options for 
     protecting the open space characteristics of certain lands in 
     and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in 
     Colorado, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       S. 189. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from 
     willing sellers for the majority of the trails in the System, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 190. A bill to designate as wilderness certain land 
     within the Rocky Mountain National Park and to adjust the 
     boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho 
     National Recreation Area of the Arapaho National Forest in 
     the State of Colorado; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       S. 191. A bill to amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park 
     and Preserve Act of 2000 to explain the purpose and provide 
     for the administration of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S.J. Res. 4. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to abolish the 
     electoral college and to provide for the direct popular 
     election of the President and Vice President of the United 
     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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