[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 5778]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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, 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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