[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 180 (Thursday, October 14, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7017]
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              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 senior assistant Parliamentarian read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, October 14, 2021.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Cory A. Booker, a Senator from the State of New Jersey, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                 Patrick J. Leahy,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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