[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 4 (Friday, January 9, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S256]
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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. INHOFE:
       S. 192. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey to the McGee Creek Authority certain facilities of 
     the McGee Creek Project, Oklahoma, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
             Inouye, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Voinovich, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, and Mr. 
             Brown):
       S. 193. A bill to create and extend certain temporary 
     district court judgeships; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. 
             Voinovich):
       S. 194. A bill to amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act 
     of 1983 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to help 
     offset the costs of intrastate transportation, storage, and 
     distribution of bonus commodities provided to States and food 
     assistance agencies under the emergency food assistance 
     program; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. DORGAN:
       S. 195. A bill to extend oversight, accountability, and 
     transparency provisions of the Emergency Economic Assistance 
     Act of 2008 to all Federal emergency economic assistance to 
     private entities, to impose tough conditions for all 
     recipients of such emergency economic assistance, to set up a 
     Federal task force to investigate and prosecute criminal 
     activities that contributed to our economic crisis, and to 
     establish a bipartisan financial market investigation and 
     reform commission, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kerry, and 
             Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 196. A bill to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers 
     Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to increase the 
     authorization of appropriations and modify the date on which 
     the authority of the Secretary of the Interior terminates 
     under the Act; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kohl, and 
             Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 197. A bill to assist in the conservation of cranes by 
     supporting and providing, through projects of persons and 
     organizations with expertise in crane conservation, financial 
     resources for the conservation programs of countries the 
     activities of which directly or indirectly affect cranes and 
     the ecosystem of cranes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 198. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to 
     waive non-Federal share requirements for certain 
     transportation programs and activities through September 30, 
     2009; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 199. A bill to establish the Steel Industry National 
     Historic Site in the State of Pennsylvania; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.

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