[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23717]
[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. WYDEN:
       S. 2988. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide medicare beneficiaries with access to 
     information concerning the quality of care provided by 
     skilled nursing facilities and to provide incentives to 
     skilled nursing facilities to improve the quality of care 
     provided by those facilities by linking the amount of payment 
     under the medicare program to quality reporting and 
     performance requirements, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
             Jeffords):
       S. 2989. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     provide an affirmative defense for the medical use of 
     marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DeWINE:
       S. 2990. A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on palm 
     fatty acid distillate; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COCHRAN (for himself and Mr. Byrd):
       S. 2991. A bill to suspend temporarily new shipper bonding 
     privileges; considered and passed.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Craig):
       S. 2992. A bill to liquidate and distribute duties 
     collected on certain softwood lumber from Canada; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM of Florida (for himself and Mr. 
             Voinovich):
       S. 2993. A bill to establish a National Commission on the 
     Infrastructure of the United States; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Stevens, Mr. Burns, and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 2994. A bill to provide that funds received as universal 
     service contributions under section 254 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934 and the universal service support programs 
     established pursuant thereto are not subject to certain 
     provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as 
     the Antideficiency Act, for a period of time; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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