[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 49 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S3665]
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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 legislative clerk read the following letter:
                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President Pro Tempore,

                                   Washington, DC, April 28, 1998.
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.

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