[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1251]
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            APPOINTMENT OF THE ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read a communication to the 
Senate.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                Washington, DC, February 12, 1997.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Chuck 
     Hagel, a Senator from the State of Nebraska, to perform the 
     duties of Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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