[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16882]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS

  Mr. SMITH of Oregon. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding the upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the 
President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the majority 
and minority leaders be 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.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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