[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2143-S2144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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. KYL (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 409. A bill to secure Federal ownership and management 
     of significant natural, scenic, and recreational resources, 
     to provide for the protection of cultural resources, to 
     facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral

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     resources by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal 
     and non-Federal land, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Casey, 
             Mr. Bayh, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 410. A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to ensure States follow best policies and 
     practices for supporting and retaining foster parents and to 
     require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award 
     grants to States to improve the empowerment, leadership, 
     support, training, recruitment, and retention of foster care, 
     kinship care, and adoptive parents; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BENNETT (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 411. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation 
     to release restrictions on the use of certain property 
     conveyed to the City of St. George, Utah for airport 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 412. A bill to establish the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency as an independent agency, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 413. A bill to establish a grant program to improve high 
     school graduation rates and prepare students for college and 
     work; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Reed, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Tester, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Merkley, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Casey):
       S. 414. A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act, 
     to ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer 
     disclosures, protect underage consumers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 415. A bill for the relief of Maha Dakar; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Stabenow, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 416. A bill to limit the use of cluster munitions; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Feingold, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 417. A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state 
     secrets privilege Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 418. A bill to require secondary metal recycling agents 
     to keep records of their transactions in order to deter 
     individuals and enterprises engaged in the theft and 
     interstate sale of stolen secondary metal, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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