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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001259708
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

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		FORM TYPE:		N-PX
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21413
		FILM NUMBER:		05962849

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MERRILL LYNCH ASSET MANAGEMENT
		STREET 2:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092822000
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                              UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549

                                FORM N-PX

            ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED
                      MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY


Investment Company Act File Number 811-21413

Name of Fund:  Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

Fund Address:  P.O. Box 9011
               Princeton, NJ  08543-9011

Name and address of agent for service:
       Robert C. Doll, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Floating Rate Income
       Strategies Fund, Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536.
       Mailing address:  P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (609) 282-2800

Date of fiscal year end: 08/31/2005

Date of reporting period: 07/01/2004 - 06/30/2005

Item 1 - Proxy Voting Record - The Fund held no voting securities during the
                               period covered by this report.
                               No records are attached.


Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.


By:    /s/ Robert C. Doll, Jr.
       -----------------------
       Robert C. Doll, Jr.
       Chief Executive Officer
       Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.


Date: July 20, 2005

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