[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 540; that the 
nomination be confirmed; the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; 
the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action; any 
statements thereon be printed in the Record; and the Senate return to 
legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination was considered and confirmed as follows:


                       department of the interior

       Steven A. Williams, of Kansas, to be Director of the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service.

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