[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 128 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S5311]
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. Inouye).
  The assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                  Washington, DC, August 30, 2011.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Richard 
     J. Durbin, a Senator from the State of Illinois, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                 Daniel K. Inouye,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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