[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 21, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S719]
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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. LUGAR:
       S. 282. A bill to authorize the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 283. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
     Act to modify the conditions for the release of products from 
     the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 284. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a new refundable credit for equipment used to 
     manufacture solar energy property, to waive the application 
     of the subsidized financing rules to such property, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 285. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that reimbursements for costs of using passenger 
     automobiles for charitable and other organizations are 
     excluded from gross income, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 286. A bill to provide for marginal well production 
     preservation and enhancement; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 287. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the full deduction allowable with respect to 
     income attributable to domestic production activities, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 288. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend the depreciation rules for property 
     used predominantly within an Indian reservation; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 289. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to eliminate the taxable income limit on percentage depletion 
     for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties; to 
     the Committee on Finance .
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 290. A bill to repeal a requirement with respect to the 
     procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. 
             Bond):
       S. 291. A bill to provide for certain requirements related 
     to the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Inhofe, 
             Mr. Isakson, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. 
             Chambliss):
       S. 292. A bill to repeal the imposition of withholding on 
     certain payments made to vendors by government entities; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 293. A bill to provide for a 5-year carryback of certain 
     net operating losses and to suspend the 90 percent 
     alternative minimum tax limit on certain net operating 
     losses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 294. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend and modify the special allowance for property 
     acquired during 2009 and to temporarily increase the 
     limitation for expensing certain business assets; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 295. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve the quality and efficiency of the Medicare 
     program through measurement of readmission rates and resource 
     use and to develop a pilot program to provide episodic 
     payments to organized groups of multispecialty and multilevel 
     providers of services and suppliers for hospitalization 
     episodes associated with select, high cost diagnoses; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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