[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8264]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 975

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I understand there is a bill at the desk, 
and I ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 975) to provide incentives to increase research 
     by private sector entities to develop medical countermeasures 
     to prevent, detect, identify, contain, and treat illnesses, 
     including those associated with a biological, chemical, 
     nuclear, or radiological weapons attack or an infectious 
     disease outbreak, and for other purposes.

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I now ask for a second reading and, in 
order to place the bill on the calendar under rule XIV, I object to my 
own request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will be read a second time on the 
next legislative day.

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