Senate Legislation: To Make You Think

S. 369 - Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
A bill to provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President to the next of kin or other representative of those individuals killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

S. 447 - Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]
A bill to abolish the death penalty under Federal law.

S. 479 - Sen. Thomas Harkin [D-IA]
A bill to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans.

S.Con.Res. 8 - Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
A concurrent resolution expressing the support of Congress for the creation of a National Hurricane Museum and Science Center in southwest Louisiana.

S.Res. 35 - Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
A resolution expressing support for prayer at school board meetings.

Language

S. 451 - Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]
A bill to establish a National Foreign Language Coordination Council.

Freedom to Worship

S. 415 - Sen. Samuel Brownback [R-KS]
A bill to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of the legal system in a manner that extorts money from State and local governments, and the Federal Government, and inhibits such governments' constitutional actions under the first, tenth, and fourteenth amendments.

Worship in Work

S. 347 - Sen. George Voinovich [R-OH]
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.

S. 400 - Sen. John Sununu [R-NH]
A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

Taxes, Charitable Activity

S. 403 - Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that reimbursements for costs of using passenger automobiles for charitable and other organizations are excluded from gross income, and for other purposes.