[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    AUTHORIZATION FOR APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, 
  PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, THE MAJORITY LEADER, AND THE MINORITY LEADER

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding any adjournment or recess of the Senate until Monday, 
February 22, 1999, 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 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.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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