[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 64 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4507]
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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, May 15, 1997.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable John 
     Ashcroft, a Senator from the State of Missouri, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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