[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 124 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S9355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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. Byrd.)
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                               Washington, DC, September 26, 2002.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rues of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Jack Reed, a Senator from the State of Rhode Island, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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