[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     AUTHORITY TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding 
the recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, 
the President pro tempore of the Senate, 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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