[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 137 (Friday, August 19, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4407]
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 Parliamentarian read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                  Washington, DC, August 19, 2022.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Chris Van Hollen, a Senator from the State of Maryland, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                 Patrick J. Leahy,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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