[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 106 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S9521]
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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, July 31, 1998.
       To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, 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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