[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 141 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12367]
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   AUTHORITY TO MAKE CERTAIN APPOINTMENTS AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send to the desk a resolution and ask for 
its immediate consideration authorizing certain appointments to be made 
after adjournment sine die.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 314) authorizing the President of the 
     Senate, the President of the Senate pro tempore, and the 
     majority and minority leaders, to make certain appointments 
     after the sine die adjournment.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements 
relating to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 314) was agreed to, as follows:

       Resolved, That notwithstanding the sine die adjournment of 
     the present session of the Congress, the President of the 
     Senate, the President of the Senate pro tempore, the Majority 
     Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate 
     be, and they are hereby, authorized to make appointments to 
     commissions, committee, boards, conferences, or 
     interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by 
     concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the 
     Senate.

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