[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 11, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S14957]
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              APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please read a communication to 
the Senate from the President pro tempore [Mr. Thurmond].
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                       U.S. Senate


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, October 11, 1995.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of Rule I, Section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Frank H. 
     Murkowski, a Senator from the State of Alaska, to perform the 
     duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. MURKOWSKI thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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