[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 213 (Sunday, December 31, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S19321]
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              APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will 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, December 31, 1995.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable John 
     Chafee, a Senator from the State of Rhode Island, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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