[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 782]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will now read a 
communication to the Senate.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, January 30, 2001.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Bob Smith, a Senator from the State of New Hampshire, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
     President pro tempore.

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