[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 402]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           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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