[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12676]
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   AUTHORITY TO MAKE CERTAIN APPOINTMENTS AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I now call up Senate Resolution 156, which 
is at the desk.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 156) authorizing the President of the 
     Senate, the President of the Senate pro tempore, and the 
     majority and minority leaders to make certain appointments 
     after 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. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, and that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 156) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 156

       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, committees, 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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