[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 14, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S388]
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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. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, and 
             Mr. Menendez):
       S. 231. A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic 
     National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       S. 232. A bill to prohibit the importation of certain low-
     level radioactive waste into the United States; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       S. 233. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased 
     expensing limitations permanent; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 234. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2105 East Cook Street in 
     Springfield, Illinois, as the ``Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. 
     Post Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       S. 235. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     establish fair and transparent practices relating to the 
     extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       S. 236. A bill to amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
     Compensation Act to improve the compensation system, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Casey, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 237. A bill to establish a collaborative program to 
     protect the Great Lakes, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Thune, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 238. A bill to provide $50,000,000,000 in new 
     transportation infrastructure funding through bonding to 
     empower States and local governments to complete significant 
     infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, 
     including roads, bridges, rail and transit systems, ports, 
     and inland waterways, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Gregg):
       S. 239. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     ensure that veterans in each of the 48 contiguous States are 
     able to receive services in at least one full-service 
     hospital of the Veterans Health Administration in the State 
     or receive comparable services provided by contract in the 
     State; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. 
             Bond):
       S. 240. A bill to set the United States on track to ensure 
     children are ready to learn when they begin kindergarten; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 241. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to permit 
     deferrals on certain home mortgage foreclosures for a limited 
     period to allow homeowners to take remedial action, to 
     require home mortgage servicers to provide advance notice of 
     any upcoming reset of the mortgage interest rate, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 242. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to specify the purposes for which funds 
     provided under part A of title I of that Act may be used; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Ensign, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Alexander, Mr. Burr, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 243. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the 
     standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile for 
     purposes of the charitable contributions deduction and to 
     exclude charitable mileage reimbursements for gross income; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOND (for himself, Mrs. Murray, and Mrs. 
             Clinton):
       S. 244. A bill to expand programs of early childhood home 
     visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and 
     neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental 
     and health delays, including potential mental health 
     concerns, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 245. A bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of 
     the health care workforce to care for the growing population 
     of older individuals in the United States; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 246. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the quality of care provided to veterans in 
     Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, to 
     encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill 
     positions in such medical facilities, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Schumer):
       S. 247. A bill to accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide 
     and provide incentives to registered owners of high fuel 
     consumption automobiles to replace such automobiles with fuel 
     efficient automobiles or public transportation; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BOND:
       S. 248. A bill to prohibit the use of certain interrogation 
     techniques and for other purposes; to the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence .
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Schumer, and Mrs. 
             Murray):
       S. 249. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for 
     purposes of low income tax credit; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Bayh, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
             Merkley, and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 250. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a higher education opportunity credit in place of 
     existing education tax incentives; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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