[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 22, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S5405]
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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, May 22, 2001.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Lincoln D. Chafee, a Senator from the State of Rhode Island, 
     to perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. LINCOLN D. CHAFEE thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President 
pro tempore.

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