[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 294 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 294

  To amend rule XLII of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit 
  employment discrimination in the Senate based on sexual orientation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2002

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
  Torricelli, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Dayton, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Jeffords, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Inouye, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Wyden, 
 Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Reed, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Reid, 
  Mrs. Murray, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
   Levin, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Collins, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. 
Landrieu, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Biden, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
 Chafee, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Kohl, Mrs. Carnahan, Mr. Carper, Mr. Nelson 
of Florida, and Mr. Cleland) submitted the following resolution; which 
       was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  To amend rule XLII of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit 
  employment discrimination in the Senate based on sexual orientation.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE.

    Paragraph 1 of rule XLII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by striking ``or state of physical handicap'' and inserting 
``state of physical handicap, or sexual orientation''.
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