[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 30, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will now read a 
communication to the Senate.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, January 30, 2001.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Bob Smith, a Senator from the State of New Hampshire, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
     President pro tempore.

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