[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5254]
[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. Thurmond).
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                    Washington, DC, April 3, 2001.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, 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.

  Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire thereupon assumed the chair as Acting 
President pro tempore.

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