[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23558]
[From the U.S. 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. LUGAR:
       S. 2980. A bill to improve authorities to address urgent 
     nonproliferation crises and United States nonproliferation 
     operations; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 2981. A bill to provide for the elimination and 
     safeguarding of conventional arms; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SANTORUM:
       S. 2982. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make a stillborn child an insurable dependent for purposes of 
     the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2983. A bill to establish hospice demonstration projects 
     and a hospice grant program for beneficiaries under the 
     medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2984. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care 
     medicine at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical 
     schools and to promote the development of faculty careers as 
     academic palliative specialists who emphasize teaching; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER:
       S. 2985. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from gross income the gain from the sale of a 
     principal residence by certain employees of the intelligence 
     community; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FRIST:
       S. 2986. A bill to amend title 31 of the United States Code 
     to increase the public debt limit; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. BURNS (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Thomas, Mr. 
             Enzi, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 2987. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 to expand the country of origin labeling for certain 
     covered commodities, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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