[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 139 (Thursday, October 24, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S10789]
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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. Byrd).
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                               Washington, D.C., October 24, 2002.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Jon S. Corzine, a Senator from the State of New Jersey, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. CORZINE thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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