[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S7117]
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. Stevens).
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                    Washington, DC, June 22, 2004.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Wayne 
     Allard, a Senator from the State of Colorado, to perform the 
     duties of the Chair.
                                                      Ted Stevens,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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