[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22639]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE ADJOURNMENT APPOINTMENTS

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 of the Senate, the 
majority and minority leaders be authorized to make appointments to 
commissions, committees, boards, conferences or nonparliamentary 
conferences authorized by law, by current action of the two Houses or 
by order of the Senate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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