[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8718]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 4227 AND H.R. 2771

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I understand that H.R. 4227 and H.R. 2771 
are at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report the 
bills by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4227) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend to 2005 the alternative minimum tax relief 
     available in 2003 and 2004 and to index such relief for 
     inflation.
       A bill (H.R. 2771) to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program.

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

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