[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11188]
[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. DAYTON:
       S. 2487. A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to ensure that every medicare beneficiary 
     has access to a medicare administered prescription drug plan 
     option, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Hollings, 
             and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 2488. A bill to establish a program within the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States 
     Coast Guard to help identify, assess, reduce, and prevent 
     marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine 
     environment and navigation safety, in coordination with non-
     Federal entities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Hollings, 
             Mr. Gregg, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. Lott):
       S. 2489. A bill to establish a program within the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to integrate Federal 
     coastal and ocean mapping activities; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Stevens):
       S. 2490. A bill to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to establish vessel 
     ballast water management requirements, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. 
             Lieberman):
       S. 2491. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     promote and improve the allied health professions; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CONRAD:
       S. 2492. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife 
     services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement 
     rates for certified nurse-midwife services; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Smith, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Coleman, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Lott, and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 2493. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to protect the public health from the unsafe 
     importation of prescription drugs and from counterfeit 
     prescription drugs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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