[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9612-9613]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 964

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I understand S. 964, introduced earlier 
today by Senators Kennedy, Akaka, and others, is at the desk. I ask for 
its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 964) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.

  Mr. BOND. I now ask for its second reading and object to my own 
request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will be read for

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the second time on the next legislative day.

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