[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 201 (Friday, December 30, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S8793]
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 bill clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                Washington, DC, December 30, 2011.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules 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.
                                                 Daniel K. Inouye,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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