[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 15 (Friday, February 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1119]
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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 assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, February 7, 1997.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Tim 
     Hutchinson, a Senator from the State of Arkansas, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. HUTCHINSON thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Utah.

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