[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S6021]
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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 assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                    Washington, DC, June 11, 1996.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Paul 
     Coverdell, a Senator from the State of Georgia, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                  Strom Thurmound,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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