[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5709]
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. Hatch).
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                               Washington, DC, September 14, 2017.
     To the Senate:
  Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable John Hoeven, a Senator from 
the State of North Dakota, to perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Orrin G. Hatch,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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