[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 164 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6629]
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. Leahy).
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                               Washington, DC, September 22, 2021.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Mark Kelly, a Senator from the State of Arizona, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                 Patrick J. Leahy,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. KELLY thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority whip.

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