[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11593]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS

  Mr. FRIST. 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, 
committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences 
authorized by law and 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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