[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 31201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     AUTHORITY TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that, 
notwithstanding the sine die adjournment of the present session of the 
Senate, 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, and interparliamentary 
conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, 
or by order of the Senate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. With objection, it is so ordered.

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