[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1282]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF GEORGE W. BLACK, JR., TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL 
                      TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of the 
nomination of George W. Black, Jr., to be a member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board reported out of the Commerce Committee 
today, that the nomination be confirmed, any statements on the 
nomination be inserted in the Record as if read, and that the President 
be immediately notified of the Senate's action on this nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:
       George W. Black, Jr., of Georgia, to be a member of the 
     National Transportation Safety Board for the remainder of the 
     term expiring December 31, 1996, vice Carl W. Vogt, resigned.

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