[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            APPOINTMENT OF THE 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 legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                   Washington, DC, March 18, 1998.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule 1, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Wayne 
     Allard, a Senator from the State of Colorado, to perform the 
     duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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