[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 11, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2455]
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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 legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                     Washington, DC, May 11, 2022.
     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 Senator from Washington.

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