,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dccj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bg1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the          
collection of death information from    
,states for purposes of the ,do ,not    
,pay ,initiative1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,collection of death     
information from ,states ,not later than
 ,january #a1 #bjbc1 the head of the    
agency operating the ,do ,not ,pay      
working system described in section     
#cced7;c7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 shall establish a program under  
which-- 7#a7 ,states 7or political      
subdivisions thereof7 voluntarily       
contract with the head of such agency to
 furnish such agency head periodically  
with information 7in a form established 
by such agency head in consultation with
 the ,states7 concerning individuals    
with respect to whom death certificates 

7or equivalent documents maintained by  
the ,states or subdivisions7 have been  
officially filed with them2  7#b7 such  
information1 and access for its use1    
shall be included through the ,do ,not  
,pay ,initiative under such section2 and
  7#c7 each ,state 7or political        
subdivision thereof7 which furnishes the
 head of such agency with such          
information may be paid by such agency  
head from amounts available for         
administration of this ,act the         
reasonable costs 7established by such   
agency head in consultations with the   
,states7 for transcribing and           
transmitting such information to such   
agency head4