[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17] [Senate] [Page 22336] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Stevens). The assistant legislative clerk read the following letter: U.S. Senate, President pro tempore, Washington, DC, December 5, 2006. To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Richard Burr, a Senator from the State of North Carolina, to perform the duties of the Chair. Ted Stevens, President pro tempore. Mr. BURR thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore. ____________________