[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 211 (Friday, December 29, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S19311]
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                      SIGNING DULY ENROLLED BILLS

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, today when the Senate convened, the 
President pro tempore, Senator Thurmond, appointed the Senator from 
Idaho, Senator Kempthorne, to be Acting President pro tempore for the 
day. It is my understanding Senator Thurmond is necessarily absent 
attending business in South Carolina and attending the funeral of the 
president pro tempore of the South Carolina State Senate, the Honorable 
Marshall Williams.
  While Senator Kempthorne was Acting President pro tempore for today, 
one of his responsibilities was to sign duly enrolled bills. Signing 
enrolled bills is part of the process necessary prior to the documents 
being sent to the White House for the President's approval or 
disapproval.
  Senator Kempthorne had the distinct pleasure to sign the following 
enrolled bills, therefore facilitating their being sent to the White 
House: H.R. 4, welfare reform; H.R. 394, State pensions; H.R. 1878, 
enrollment of HMO's; and H.R. 2627, Smithsonian coin.
  I want to commend Senator Kempthorne and congratulate him on his work 
today. I hope the President signs all the bills. That may or may not be 
the case.

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