[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20554]
[From the U.S. 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. Byrd).
  The assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, October 24, 2001.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Ben Nelson, a Senator from the State of Nebraska, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. NELSON of Nebraska thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting 
President pro tempore.

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