[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S5507]
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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 assistant read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro Tempore,

                                      Washington, DC, May 19, 1999
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Michael 
     D. Crapo, a Senator from the State of Idaho, to perform the 
     duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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