[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 97 (Wednesday, July 17, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S6946]
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 LETTER DECLARING THE RESUMPTION OF DUTIES AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
                             STATES--PM 104

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 3, 2001, 
the Secretary of the Senate, on June 29, 2002, during the adjournment 
of the Senate, received the following message from the President of the 
United States, together with accompanying papers; which was ordered to 
lie on the table:
  Pursuant to the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution 
of the United States, the President of the United States, on June 29, 
2002, transmitted the following message to the President pro tempore of 
the Senate [Mr. Byrd].


                                              The White House,

                                        Washington, June 29, 2002.
     Hon. Robert C. Byrd,
     President pro tempore of the Senate, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. President: In accordance with the provisions of 
     Section 3 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States 
     Constitution, this letter shall constitute my written 
     declaration that I am presently able to resume the discharge 
     of the Constitutional powers and duties of the office of 
     President of the United States. With the transmittal of this 
     letter, I am resuming those powers and duties effective 
     immediately.
           Sincerely,
George W. Bush.  

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