[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME

  The following bill was read the first time:

       H.R. 4954. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for a voluntary program for 
     prescription drug coverage under the Medicare Program, to 
     modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure of 
     the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.

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