[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 121 (Friday, September 5, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S11172]
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                     NATIONAL WORK AND FAMILY MONTH

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further action on S. Res. 210 and the 
Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 210) expressing the sense of the 
     Senate that supporting a balance between work and personal 
     life is in the best interests of national worker 
     productivity, and that the President should issue a 
     proclamation designating October as ``National Work and 
     Family Month''.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment to the 
resolution be agreed to and the resolution, as amended, be agreed to, 
the preamble be agreed to, and the amendment to the title be agreed to; 
further, that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table and any 
statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1583) was agreed to, as follows:

  (Purpose: To provide a complete substitute, and for other purposes)

       Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
     following:
     That--
       (1) it is the sense of the Senate that--
       (A) reducing the conflict between work and family life 
     should be a national priority; and
       (B) the month of October of 2003 should be designated as 
     ``National Work and Family Month''; and
       (2) the Senate requests that the President issue a 
     proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to 
     observe ``National Work and Family Month'' with appropriate 
     ceremonies and activities.

  The amendment to the title (No. 1584) was agreed to, as follows:

       Amend the title so as to read: ``Expressing the sense of 
     the Senate that supporting a balance between work and 
     personal life is in the best interest of national worker 
     productivity, and that the President should issue a 
     proclamation designating October of 2003 as ``National Work 
     and Family Month''.''.

  The resolution (S. Res. 210), as amended was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with it preamble, reads as follows:
  (The resolution, S. Res. 210, as amended, will be printed in a future 
edition of the Record.)

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