[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 26, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S4453]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 711, S. 712, S. 718, S. 721

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I understand the following bills are at the 
desk, and I ask that they be read for the first time, en bloc: S. 711, 
S. 712, S. 718, and S. 721.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the bills by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 711) to amend title 37, United States Code, to 
     alleviate delay in the payment of the Selected Reserve 
     reenlistment bonus to members of Selective Reserve who are 
     mobilized.
       A bill (S. 712) to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for surviving spouses 
     of Reserves not eligible for retirement who die from a cause 
     incurred or aggravated while on inactive-duty training.
       A bill (S. 718) to provide a monthly allotment of free 
     telephone calling time to members of the United States Armed 
     Forces stationed outside the United States who are directly 
     supporting military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan.
       A bill (S. 721) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the combat zone income tax exclusion to include 
     income for the period of transit to the combat zone and to 
     remove the limitation on such exclusion for commissioned 
     officers, and for other purposes.

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I now ask for their second reading and 
object to further proceeding on these matters, en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

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