[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S5767]
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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 assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                     Washington, DC, May 21, 2009.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Kirsten E. Gillibrand, a Senator from the State of New York, 
     to perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mrs. GILLIBRAND thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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