[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 125 (Monday, July 13, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4247]
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. Grassley).
  The Parliamentarian read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                    Washington, DC, July 13, 2020.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Tim Scott, a Senator from the State of South Carolina, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Chuck Grassley,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting 
President pro tempore.

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